Mobile passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) portal for automated and rapid control of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on construction sites

Automation in Construction

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-52

  Kelm, Agnes ^a   Laußat, Lars ^a   Meins Becker, Anica ^a   Platz, Daniel ^a   Khazaee, Mohammad J ^a   Costin, Aaron M ^b   Helmus, Manfred ^a   Teizer, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance checking; Construction workforce morale; Gates and portals; Human behavior; Lagging and leading indicator safety data; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); Safety and health; Secure access; Worker education and training

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE CHECKING; CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY AND HEALTHS; SAFETY DATA; SECURE ACCESS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPLIANCE CONTROL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84884378979     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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