Modeling tower crane operator visibility to minimize the risk of limited situational awareness

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cheng, Tao ^a   Teizer, Jochen ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

As built data collection; Blind spot analysis; Construction safety; Equipment operator visibility; Laser scanning; Prevention through design; Ray casting algorithm; Tower crane

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; LASER APPLICATIONS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; VISIBILITY;

BLIND-SPOT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT OPERATORS; LASER SCANNING; RAYCASTING;

TOWER CRANES;

EID: 84898994203     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000282     Document Type: Article

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