Riaz, Z; Edwards, D J; Mackenzie, J and Thorpe, T (2006) Emerging information, communication and technology systems applied to construction vehicle safety. In: Boyd, D (ed.) Proceedings of 22nd Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2006, Birmingham, UK.
Abstract
Management Information Systems (MIS) have been widely used in the construction industry for a number of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) systems ranging from payroll to machine inventory applications. However, in recent years MIS has also been utilised by occupational health and safety advisors, specifically, when dealing with plant and equipment operations. Anecdotal evidence would suggest that the high (and largely unchanged) incidence of plant and equipment accident rates coupled with the growing number of new legislative requirements have been instrumental factors driving this change agenda. This uncontrolled change of MIS utilisation has lead to an explosion of bespoke system applications being developed and often these focus on single applications such as machine maintenance, vehicle tracking or continuous mechanical health monitoring. At present there is no single holistic package that covers the whole scope of machine related activities that could benefit health and safety. This paper presents some of the first research to produce a critical appraisal of existing MIS systems applied to the safe management of mobile plant and equipment on construction sites. Leading on from this, the work then proposes a new system that encapsulates the desirable attributes of various systems into one integral hybrid system.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction mis; construction site safety; ICT in construction |
| Index terms: | technology system, package, health and safety, inventory, hybrid system, construction site, occupational health and safety, evidence, monitoring, plant and equipment, safety management, appraisal, construction industry, information system |
| Subjects: | health safety and environment, inventory management, factor and component analysis, manufacturing engineering, systems and processes, information systems, industry analysis, occupational health and safety management, control systems, evaluation and assessment methods, contractual arrangements, innovation and technology management, work location |
| Topics: | Procurement, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Health and Safety, Site Management, Supply Chain Management, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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