The application of active radio frequency identification technology for tool tracking on construction job sites

Goodrum, Paul M.; McLaren, Matt A.; Durfee, Adam

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2005.06.004

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“…The information provided include staff IDs, photos, access authorities, time of inspection, access control, personnel who conducts the checking, conditions of the machines, repair work done, etc. Outcomes of recent research have shown that it is possible to track construction assets based on RFID technology (Chae and Yoshida, 2010;Jang and Skibniewski, 2009;Goodrum et al, 2006;). As an attempt to address the need for more research into both integrated analysis of automatic identification requirement and its technological solutions based on real time information on construction sites, this paper designed and implemented an identification system to improve the construction site safety via a proactive accident prevention process.…”

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Design and implementation of an identification system in construction site safety for proactive accident prevention

Yang

Chew

et al. 2012

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Citation: YANG, H. ... et al, 2012. Design and implementation of an identification system in construction site safety for proactive accident prevention. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 48, Additional Information:• This is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Abstract: Identifying accident precursors using real-time identity information has great potential to improve safety performance in construction industry, which is still suffering from day to day records of accident fatality and injury. Based on the requirements analysis for identifying precursor and the discussion of enabling technology solutions for acquiring and sharing real-time automatic identification information on construction site, this paper proposes an identification system design for proactive accident prevention to improve construction site safety. Firstly, a case study is conducted to analyze the automatic identification requirements for identifying accident precursors in construction site. Results show that it mainly consists of three aspects, namely access control, training and inspection information and operation authority. The system is then designed to fulfill these requirements based on ZigBee enabled Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), RadioFrequency Identification (RFID) technology and an integrated ZigBee RFID sensor network structure. At the same time, an information database is also designed and implemented, which includes 15 tables, 54 queries and several reports and forms. In the end, a demonstration system based on the proposed system design is developed as a proof of concept prototype. The contributions of this study include the requirement analysis and technical design of a real-time identity information tracking solution for proactive accident prevention on construction sites. The technical solution proposed in this paper has a significant importance in improving safety performance on construction sites. Moreover, this study can serve as a reference design for future system integrations where more functions, such as environment monitoring and location tracking, can be added.

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“…Lu et al (2010) has summarized the research of RFID in construction. Most of the research focuses on using RFID in the construction supply chain (Wang et al, 2007), construction quality inspection and management (Wang, 2008) and construction assets tracking (Chae and Yoshida, 2010;Jang and Skibniewski, 2009;Goodrum et al, 2006).…”

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Design and implementation of an identification system in construction site safety for proactive accident prevention

Yang

Chew

et al. 2012

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Also, emerging technologies [3,4] such as RFID have been explored for the logistics management, albeit their roles are rather limited.…”

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A Gate Sensor for Construction Logistics

Lee¹,

Song²,

Kwon³

et al. 2008

ISARC 2008 - Proceedings From the 25th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction

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Construction logistics plays an important role to complete construction projects successfully. It is necessary to monitor incoming and outgoing resources by time phase. And it is very significant to notify immediately where the incoming material or equipment should go at especially large construction site according to site advantages of RFID, Zigbee, and CDMA technologies to communicate with incoming and outgoing equipments such as trucks, construction equipments in addition to worker's checking in and out at the construction site. The prototype system of Gate Sensor was developed and tested successfully at out laboratory. This paper will describe 1) the architecture of Gate Sensor, 2) the technological set up for the equipments to be recognized by GateSensor, 3) the laboratory tests process and results, and 4) expected potentials for further applications.

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“…Benefits and limitations of each technology were identified. For example, systems utilizing radio frequency technology can be impacted by direct contact with metallic objects [25] and experiences multipath or "crosstalk" that limit the system's ability to distinguish individual worker proximity breaches [26][27]. Some of the evaluated systems such as laser, sonar, and RADAR were incapable of identifying people versus objects such as dirt mounds or construction materials [17,[28][29].…”

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Magnetic Field Proximity Detection and Alert Technology for Safe Heavy Construction Equipment Operation

Teizer¹

2015

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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Approximately 17% of the 721 fatalities in the US in 2011 resulted from workers colliding with objects or equipment in the work environment. Construction site conditions often create hazardous proximity situations by requiring workers-on-foot and heavy equipment to be in close proximity. Current safety management, incl. industry safety best practices, to protect construction workers-on-foot have proven inadequate. This article evaluates the reliability and effectiveness of magnetic field sensing and actuation technology that brings final change to this problem. Introduced are the design and characteristics of novel magnetic field proximity detection and alert technology that alerts workers-on-foot from being too close to equipment in real-time. Field-realistic experimental trials highlight successful tests to various possible interaction scenarios. Results indicate that the developed magnetic field proximity detection and alert technology provides reliable and accurate warnings or alerts to equipment operators and workers-on-foot at pre-calibrated distances, and even can slow or shut down the equipment if the hazardous situation remains in effect. Technology and experimental knowledge further suggest workers-on-foot and construction equipment operators can be provided with an additional layer of protection by receiving advanced safety education and training from the analysis of near-miss data that is geo-referenced to the construction site layout.

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The application of active radio frequency identification technology for tool tracking on construction job sites

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Design and implementation of an identification system in construction site safety for proactive accident prevention

Design and implementation of an identification system in construction site safety for proactive accident prevention

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