Research on RFID Applications in Construction Industry

Abstract

As its relatively large storage capacity and the ability of identifying and tracking materials and equipment in real-time without any direct contact or line-of-sight compared to traditional bar codes, Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has been more and more adopted in many sectors and identified as one of the ten greatest contributory technologies of 21^st century. To systematically shed light on potential applications of RFID for uninitiated readers, this paper first presents the principle and the brief history of RFID technology. Then the paper summarizes the RFID’s technical features which enable its popularity in industry. Finally, applications examples in construction industry are presented for highlighting its enabling employment. It is hoped that this paper will give a useful implications for RFID researchers and practitioners and provide a roadmap to guide future research

Digitally enabled modular construction for promoting modular components reuse: A UK view

“…The use of this technology in the construction sector is not new. It has traditionally been used to track and trace construction materials and components, equipment and tools during on-site construction, and even on the track and trace of workforce as a way of increasing the productivity and cost efficiency of construction projects [60][61][62][63][64][65]. Recently, RFID has gained prominence in the construction research field due to its ability to facilitate the storage and accessibility of data on building components over their entire life-cycle [66][67][68].…”

An RFID Data and Location Parameter Joint Estimation Based on an Improved MCMC Method

“…As its relatively large storage capacity and the ability of identifying and tracking materials and equipment in real-time without any direct contact or line-of-sight compared to traditional bar codes, RFID technology has been more and more adopted in many sectors and identified as one of the ten greatest contributory technologies of 21st century. To systematically shed light on potential applications of RFID for uninitiated readers, [5] first presents the principle and the brief history of RFID technology. Then it summarizes the RFID's technical features which enable its popularity in industry.…”

“…Among [1][2][3][4][5] discussed above, [1] presented the realization of RFID in controlling the business process through RFID events. Integration middleware is the focus in it.…”

“…Although [4] covers some technology in RFID, it mainly proposes a new RFID tag code transformation approach for things of Internet, no something else. Reference [5] displays the application of RFID technology, using construction industry as example. In this paper, based on the application of RFID technology in tourism, some detail in technology is discussed.…”

Energy-efficient active tag searching in large scale RFID systems

“…As a key enabling technology of IoT, RFID can be used in many industrial fields to support intelligent process management, e.g., retailing industry, transportation and logistics industry, healthcare industry, and construction industry [5][6][7][8][9]. For example, a typical application of RFID technology in logistics industry is RFID-enabled warehouse management.…”