Performance test of wireless technologies for personnel and equipment proximity sensing in work zones

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Park, Jeewoong ^a   Marks, Eric ^b   Cho, Yong K ^a   Suryanto, Willy ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluetooth technology; Construction equipment safety; Construction safety; Hazardous proximity situations; Highway work zone safety; Information technologies

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; BLUETOOTH; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT; HAZARDS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MACHINERY; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; HAZARDOUS PROXIMITY SITUATIONS; HIGHWAY WORK ZONES; SYSTEM CAPABILITIES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84950119153     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001031     Document Type: Article

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