Safety Hazards Identification of Construction Site Layout Based on Geographic Information System (GIS)

Abstract

In the world's gross domestic product, the construction industry accounts for about 10% and plays a significant role in the eastern and western economies. Hectic places, unique characteristics, and an ever-changing work environment and its dynamic nature make construction sites challenging to predict before construction or during the life cycle project. The physical and psychological problems of construction workers caused by the construction site's poor safety, economically, significantly affect the project with a significant increase in costs. This study aims to identify occupational safety hazards by proposing occupational safety hazards in predicting worker safety hazards at construction sites. In this research, GIS is used to present the relationship between temporary facilities and safety issues at construction sites to improve the accuracy of identifying work accidents. The data collection stages were carried out through a location survey, geographic spatial, and interviews by SHE managers on a high-rise building construction project. The site layout's dynamic safety assessment is a step in GIS development in obtaining the safety zone accuracy around the temporary construction facility. It was found that there is a combination of GIS capabilities in the accuracy of site layout, which can significantly increase safety at the construction site to obtain recommendations for safety measures and minimize the occurrence of work accident fatalities through preventive actions.

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“…According to [70], the use of GIS allows the storage of location data referring to a region or facility that can be integrated with satellite images and digital elevation models (DEM), therefore enabling the analysis of the project's evolution over time [71,72]. Via use of GIS, planners have a tool that helps them in the process of automating the planning of the site layout, modelling their spatial relationships and geometric conditions [73], and contributing considerably to increasing efficiency of site layouts along with reducing construction costs [66].…”

“…Liu et al [68] explored the integration of 4D BIM and GIS during the construction stage, resulting in the term GeoBIM. Khan et al [69] explored the integration of BIM and GIS for modelling geotechnical properties and safe construction zones based on soil type, which was attemtped in a similar fashion in [73]. Irizarry et al [76] integrated BIM and GIS to visually monitor the supply chain in construction sites.…”

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“…The construction industry has the highest fatality rate due to its temporary, dynamic, decentralized, and complex nature [1]. The construction site's ever-changing environment may result in unlimited hazards-for example, poor layouts, confined spaces, work in restricted areas, and many others [2]. Due to the high accident rate, researchers and professionals constantly seek ways to improve construction safety.…”