Review of previous applications of innovative information technologies in construction health and safety

Mihić Matej (), Vukomanović Mladen and Završki Ivica
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Mihić Matej: Sveuciliste u Zagrebu Gradevinski Fakultet, Zagreb, Croatia
Vukomanović Mladen: Sveuciliste u Zagrebu Gradevinski Fakultet, Zagreb, Croatia
Završki Ivica: Sveuciliste u Zagrebu Gradevinski Fakultet, Zagreb, Croatia

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction, 2019, vol. 11, issue 1, 1952-1967

Abstract: Construction industry is one of the most hazardous industries to work in. This problem is further exacerbated by the fact that safety performance improvement is stagnating. Information technologies (ITs) are however identified as one of the most promising methods of improving the performance of construction safety. The goal of this paper was therefore to present previous research in the application of innovative ITs to the field of construction health and safety (H&S), classified by their underlying technology and application, to identify research gaps, as well as to evaluate and describe the potential of their implementation into construction safety practice. To achieve the set goals, the research consisted of identifying and studying the existing research published in the leading journals in the field of construction H&S. The review identified 72 papers dealing with development or application of innovative ITs. The research had also identified several research gaps, which have a significant impact on the construction safety practice. These gaps focus on the construction phase, while neglecting earlier project phases; industry and project levels, while neglecting construction activity and task levels; building projects, while neglecting infrastructure projects and specific hazard types, while neglecting a universal approach. Focussing research effort on these gaps would benefit all construction safety stakeholders but mostly the prominent contractors and H&S professionals. Furthermore, recommendations for directing research focus on solving the identified issues are given in this paper.

Keywords: innovative information technologies; health and safety; hazard identification; literature review; BIM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/otmcj-2019-0004

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