Traditional vs Technological Based Surveillance on Construction Site: A Review

Abstract

The negative impacts of construction activities can be controlled and reduced through identification of environmental aspects and impacts of construction activities, implementation of the mitigation measures and site monitoring on a regular basis e.g through surveillance in the framework of the Environmental Management System (EMS). Continuous improvement efforts towards traditional methods and increased needs for factual information and productivity in the environmental monitoring field have been met with latest innovations in mobile information and sensory technology options. This paper through literature aims to review the characteristic of both traditional and technology based surveillance while highlighting the on how those methods complement each other.

Supporting Environmental Surveillance on Construction Sites using Mobile Environmental Information System

“…Previous research [14][15][16][17][18] has pointed out that walkthrough inspections and environmental monitoring (measurement) have some drawbacks which relate to the poor delivery of environmental information. They are certainly challenging, time consuming, labour-intensive and can involve deficiencies and discrepancies [14][15][16][17] and these drawbacks create an obstacle to the efficient management of construction sites…”