Chantawit, D; Hadikusumo, B H W; Charoenngam, C and Rowlinson, S (2005) 4DCAD-Safety: Visualizing project scheduling and safety planning. Construction Innovation, 5(2), pp. 99-114. ISSN 1471-4175
Abstract
Safety planning in construction project management is separated from other planning functions, such as scheduling. This separation creates difficulties for safety engineers to analyse what, when, why and where safety measures are needed for preventing accidents. Another problem occurs due to the conventional practice of representing project designs using twodimensional (2D) drawings. In this practice, an engineer has to convert the 2D drawings into threedimensional (3D) mental pictures which is a tedious task. Since this conversion is already difficult, combining these 2D drawings with safety plans increases the difficulty. In order to address the problems, 4DCADSafety is proposed. This paper discusses the design and development of 4DCADSafety application and testing its usefulness in terms of assisting users in analysing what, when, where and why safety measures are needed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | accident prevention; computer aided simulation; computer graphics; hazards; safety |
| Index terms: | drawing, scheduling, accident prevention, computer graphic, construction project management, engineer, conversion, testing, project scheduling, project design, safety measures, computer aided simulation, design and development |
| Subjects: | profession, project controls, contractual arrangements, technical documentation, operations research, project management theory and practice, modelling and simulation, health safety and environment, design process, computer hardware, environmental health, manufacturing engineering, professional practice |
| Topics: | Project Management, Design Practice, Procurement, Engineering Principles, Sustainability, Time Control, Digital Applications, Roles and Professions, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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