Coble, R J and Haupt, T C (2000) Effecting safety in affordable housing projects using automation. Journal of Construction Research, 1(1), pp. 1-8. ISSN 1609-9451
Abstract
Automation can be used effectively to reduce accidents during the erection of affordable housing units. The consequences of automation would, inter alia, be to completely eliminate the exposure of construction workers to hazardous activities, reduce the amount or duration of exposure to the hazards, or reduce the number of workers exposed to the hazards. This paper discusses how safety performance can be reinforced, and even improved, through automation integrated into the field construction process through on-site multimedia training presentations. Technologies such as CAD, CAM, hand held computers, bar coding and multimedia such as simulation are referred to.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | affordable housing; automation; CAD; CAM; pre-fabrication |
| Index terms: | affordable housing, fabrication, safety performance, construction process, exposure, construction worker, duration, automation |
| Subjects: | construction type, building construction, public and environmental health, practitioner, occupational health and safety management, project controls, automation and robotics, manufacturing engineering |
| Topics: | Health and Safety, Roles and Professions, Engineering Principles, Site Management, Digital Applications, Construction Technology, Time Control |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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