VR–MOCAP-Enabled Ergonomic Risk Assessment of Workstation Prototypes in Offsite Construction

Barkokebas, Regina Dias; Al‐Hussein, Mohamed; Li, Xinming

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0002319

Cited by 12 publications

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“…Construction sites are locations where safety and health risks are elevated. Accident prevention and Risk assessment are the focus of attention in safety and health risk research [68,69]. The presence of these keywords in this cluster also supports the naming of this theme as Safety and Health.…”

Section: The Classification Of Knowledge Themesupporting

confidence: 65%

“…As for the health risk of PC, all the existing literature is based on ergonomics. Despite the widespread use of automated equipment in PC projects, workers are often exposed to repetitive motion and awkward body postures [68]. Such ergonomic risk factors are the primary causes of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (e.g., injuries and disorders of muscles, tendons, and nerves) [115].…”

Section: Knowledge Theme 3: Safety and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To deal with this problem, REBA and RULA have been used for identifying and assessing workers' body postures [64,116]. As they can only be used for assessing a single body posture manually, VR and motion capture technology are combined to provide more automatic and accurate ergonomic evaluation results recently, urging workers to reduce inappropriate postures and improve workplace design [68,117].…”

Section: Knowledge Theme 3: Safety and Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring the Knowledge Domain of Risk Management in Prefabricated Construction

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Risks hinder the role of prefabricated construction (PC) in promoting construction automation. Although existing research has focused on risk management (RM) in PC, the lack of a global perspective has affected the effectiveness of RM. Accordingly, this paper adopts a scientometric analysis to review the knowledge domain of RM in PC. A total of 144 articles were selected from the Scopus database for journal citation analysis, document co-citation analysis, and keyword co-occurrence analysis. The results show that since 2011, the annual publications show an overall upward trend. International Journal of Construction Management, Journal of Building Engineering, and Buildings have been cited more frequently recently. PC research, RM research, environmental sustainability research, and ergonomic research provide a solid foundation for the research on RM in PC. Existing studies are conducted from five knowledge themes, namely, Supply chain and industry, Decision and optimization, Safety and health, Environment and overheating, and Investment and cost. Further, current research content, future research needs, and RM strategies for PC practices are discussed. This study helps stimulate further promising research and enhance the effectiveness of RM in PC in practice.

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Section: Knowledge Theme 3: Safety and Healthmentioning

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“…Although existing systems have achieved high accuracies, personalized models are needed to provide instructive indicators such as exposure level, strength capacity, and injury risk indices for risk prevention. On this basis, personalized training programs can be developed with content including risk awareness of ergonomics and fatigue, safety culture education, healthy habits development, and more [80], and virtual reality technologies can be utilized to improve training effectiveness and efficiency [81]. In addition, the rapid development of real-time personalized mobile health systems and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) have enabled the self-management of ergonomic hazards [30].…”

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Evaluation of Ergonomic Risks for Construction Workers Based on Multicriteria Decision Framework with the Integration of Spherical Fuzzy Set and Alternative Queuing Method

Tao,

Hu,

Xue

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Ergonomic risks critically impact workers’ occupational health, safety, and productivity, and thereby the sustainability of a workforce. In the construction industry, the physical demands and dynamic environment exposes workers to various ergonomic hazards. While previous research has mainly focused on postural risks, there is a need to broaden the scope to include more relevant factors and assess them systematically. This study introduces a multi-criteria decision framework integrating the Spherical Fuzzy Sets (SFSs) and Alternative Queuing Method (AQM) to evaluate and prioritize ergonomic hazards. First, SFSs are employed to quantify the linguistic expressions of experts, addressing the inherent vagueness and uncertainty. Then, an entropy-based objective weighting method is adopted to determine the criteria weights. Finally, AQM is utilized to generate the risk priority. The proposed method has been implemented in a real-life construction project, where “overexertion due to unreasonable task organization”, “hypertension and heart diseases”, and “existing WMSD record” are identified as the top three ergonomic hazards. Then, a thorough discussion of intervention strategies regarding different risk categories is presented to facilitate ergonomic interventions. This proposed decision support system can promote effective ergonomic risk management, benefiting workers’ health and well-being and contributing to the sustainable workforce development of the construction industry.

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“…VR supports the creation of immersive virtual environments, which simulate a physical environment and allow users to interact with virtually rendered objects in real-time. In recent years, AEC industry has witnessed a growing interest in VR as a potential solution tool for certain construction problems [8]. VR has been used in training and education, ergonomic hazard identification [9, Li et al, 2017], design visualization [35], and communication.…”

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Selecting deconstruction processes using virtual reality comparisons

Zhao,

Earle,

Jung

et al. 2024

Journal of Intelligent Construction

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Grand challenges such as achieving sustainability goals and managing aging infrastructure are creating an unprecedented demand for deconstruction. However, deconstructing aging infrastructure is inherently risky, repetitive, and costly, necessitating effective project planning. Virtual reality (VR) technology offers the potential for planners to improve deconstruction project risk, time, safety, and cost. We propose that planners leverage VR early in the planning phase to compare alternative feasible tools and processes. Planners can create low-fidelity models of various deconstruction process alternatives and collect metrics on their suitability with VR-capable three-dimensional (3D) game engines. We present and formalize a methodology for conducting comparisons of candidate deconstruction processes by modeling candidates in VR, conducting trials, and collecting analytics data from the VR engine. We present a case study that demonstrates our approach to a cutting and waste packing process for nuclear power plant (NPP) decommissioning. As a novel contribution in this paper, we show that VR simulations can efficiently produce detailed insights useful for critically analyzing and comparing deconstruction process alternatives.

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VR–MOCAP-Enabled Ergonomic Risk Assessment of Workstation Prototypes in Offsite Construction

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Exploring the Knowledge Domain of Risk Management in Prefabricated Construction

Exploring the Knowledge Domain of Risk Management in Prefabricated Construction

Evaluation of Ergonomic Risks for Construction Workers Based on Multicriteria Decision Framework with the Integration of Spherical Fuzzy Set and Alternative Queuing Method

Selecting deconstruction processes using virtual reality comparisons

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