Akinlolu, M; Haupt, T C; Edwards, D J and Simpeh, F (2022) A bibliometric review of the status and emerging research trends in construction safety management technologies. International Journal of Construction Management, 22(14), pp. 2699-2711. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
Technologies such as virtual reality (VR), online databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modelling (BIM), Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), 4 D Computer-Aided Design (4 D CAD), wearable robotics have been adopted to improve construction site health and safety. However, little attempt has been made to map global research on construction health and safety technologies. Therefore, this paper conducts a review of technologies for construction health and safety management to reveal emerging research trends. A bibliometric review adopting a two-step literature selection method was conducted to compile relevant publications from the Scopus database. In total, 240 related papers were examined. VOSviewer was used to develop a co-occurrence network based on the bibliographic data obtained. The analysis focussed on co-authorship per country, country/region distribution, the number of publications annually, publication source and source and trend of research topics. Findings revealed that emerging trends in construction health and safety technologies research focussed on project health and safety design and planning, visualisation and image processing for construction projects, digital technologies for project monitoring, information management and Internet of Things, automation and robotic systems, health and safety and accident prevention and structure evaluation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bibliometric review; digital technologies; digitalisation; health; safety; VOSviewer |
| Index terms: | health and safety, digitalization, accident prevention, selection method, construction site, computer aided design, construction project, project monitoring, publication, visualization, construction safety, digital technology, image processing, building information modelling, database, global research, robotics, virtual reality, unmanned aerial vehicle, health and safety management, internet, geographic information system, automation |
| Subjects: | virtual reality, computational design, research dissemination and communication, control systems, computing systems, work location, digital technology, tendering, design practice, professional development, health safety and environment, automation and robotics, production management, computer vision, data management, geographical techniques and analysis, environmental health, information systems |
| Topics: | Digital Applications, Design Practice, Site Management, Health and Safety, Information Management, Project Management, Geographical Context, Sustainability, Procurement |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here