Design and first development of an automated real-time safety management system for construction sites

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-336

  Giretti, Alberto ^a   Carbonari, Alessandro ^a   Naticchia, Berardo ^a   De Grassi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural models; Construction sites; Health and safety management; Position tracking; Real time risk management; Ultra wide band

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION; ADVANCED SYSTEMS; BEHAVIOURAL MODEL; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DANGEROUS AREA; DANGEROUS ZONE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH AND SAFETY; ON-SITE DELIVERY; POSITION TRACKING; POSITIONING SYSTEM; PRE-SELECTED; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; REAL TIME MONITORING; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE TOOL; TECHNICAL INFORMATION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MONITORING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 73349089019     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1392-3730.2009.15.325-336     Document Type: Article

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