TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital engineering potential in addressing causes of construction accidents
AU - GOLIZADEH, Hamed
AU - Hon, Carol
AU - Drogemuller, Robin
AU - Hosseini, M.Reza
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Queensland University of Technology (QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA)).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - With the emergence of digital engineering in the construction context, significant opportunities have arisen for safer project execution. Several studies in recent years have described various applications of digital engineering to improve safety performance. However, what is missing is a systematic review that shows the direct links between the potential of these approaches and how they address the causes of construction accidents. This study is an attempt to fill this gap by conducting a realist systematic review of the literature published since 2012. The study draws from the Loughborough Construction Accident Causation (ConAC) model to create a comprehensive list of accident causes and relates these causes to the identified digital engineering potential, as reflected in the literature. This approach identifies the research gaps and neglected research domains, particularly six endemic problems, within the current digital engineering literature pertaining to safety, while introducing future areas associated with the identified gaps. This study provides useful insights to investigators who gain direction towards the top priorities for future research. In practical terms, the study collates and presents various areas of potential within digital engineering to address the causes of accidents on construction sites, providing a concise source of knowledge for practitioners.
AB - With the emergence of digital engineering in the construction context, significant opportunities have arisen for safer project execution. Several studies in recent years have described various applications of digital engineering to improve safety performance. However, what is missing is a systematic review that shows the direct links between the potential of these approaches and how they address the causes of construction accidents. This study is an attempt to fill this gap by conducting a realist systematic review of the literature published since 2012. The study draws from the Loughborough Construction Accident Causation (ConAC) model to create a comprehensive list of accident causes and relates these causes to the identified digital engineering potential, as reflected in the literature. This approach identifies the research gaps and neglected research domains, particularly six endemic problems, within the current digital engineering literature pertaining to safety, while introducing future areas associated with the identified gaps. This study provides useful insights to investigators who gain direction towards the top priorities for future research. In practical terms, the study collates and presents various areas of potential within digital engineering to address the causes of accidents on construction sites, providing a concise source of knowledge for practitioners.
KW - Accident causes
KW - Building information modelling
KW - Construction industry
KW - Digital engineering
KW - Literature review
KW - Safety
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/digital-engineering-potential-addressing-causes-construction-accidents
U2 - 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.08.013
DO - 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.08.013
M3 - Article
SN - 0926-5805
VL - 95
SP - 284
EP - 295
JO - Automation in Construction
JF - Automation in Construction
ER -