Yan, X and Kim, Y C (2018) A conceptual framework of ITSMCA for a building collapse accident. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(6), pp. 721-737. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to timely control of a construction collapse accident effectively during its development process by constructing a stage model and then aligning IT with each stage to help provide the information for decision making. Design/methodology/approach: Through comprehensive literature review, this paper first identifies the various IT applications in on-site construction monitoring and analyzes the existed disaster/crisis stage models, also the stage models are compared with the causation models to illustrate the strengths. Then, a three-step methodology was conducted to develop and apply the conceptual framework, including the construction of the four-stage model; the establishment of the conceptual framework of information technology (IT) support for management of construction accidents (ITSMCA); and a building collapse accident used to illustrate the proposed framework. Findings: The accident is divided into four stages, which are incubation stage, outbreak stage, spreading stage and final stage. The real-time staged information to support decision making, such as the contributing factors of on-site workers, materials, equipment and workplace, can be provided by emerging IT. Therefore, IT is aligned with the variations of contributing factors' attributes in the four stages and ITSMCA is constructed to help accidents management. Research limitations/implications: The focus of the framework presented in this paper is that the stage model is effective for it catches the variations of the attributes whose values can be provided by IT rather than research on the practical application of the IT system. The construction and application of the IT system will be the research focus in the future. Originality/value: This paper presents a stage model of a building collapse accident and gives a comprehensive conceptual framework of ITSMCA, which align the IT with different stages of the collapse accident. The ITSMCA proposes a feasible ideology and practical method for real-time management of the collapse accident during the process.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | attributes variation; building collapse accident; conceptual framework; contributing factors; it support; stage model |
| Index terms: | information technology, conceptual framework, construction accident, variation, decision-making, methodology, literature review, monitoring, outbreak, time management |
| Subjects: | contractual condition, health risk and incident analysis, theoretical framing, research methods, project controls, occupational health and safety management, decision analysis, control systems, computing systems, data analysis and analytics |
| Topics: | Digital Applications, Site Management, Contract Administration, Time Control, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Risk Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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