A VR model of ergonomics and productivity assessment in panelized construction production line

Construction Research Congress 2012: Construction Challenges in a Flat World, Proceedings of the 2012 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1084-1093

  Inyang, Ndukeabasi ^a   Han, Sanghyeok ^a   Al Hussein, Mohamed ^a   El Rich, Marwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Framing; Panelization; Production line; Productivity; Virtual reality; Work related musculoskeletal disorders

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED COSTS; BUILDING METHODS; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CYCLE TIME; ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT; ERGONOMIC INTERVENTION; FACILITY LAYOUT; FLOOR PANELS; FRAMING; MATERIAL HANDLING; MODULE SYSTEMS; ON-SITE OBSERVATIONS; PANELIZATION; PRODUCTION LINE; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; WORK PRODUCTIVITY; WORK-RELATED; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST REDUCTION; MANUFACTURE; PLANT LAYOUT; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84866255195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412329.109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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