Information technology applications in construction safety assurance

Abstract

Through analysis of articles published from 2006 to July 2014 this paper summarizes the topics of research and the institutions where research was conducted in the field of computer-based construction safety engineering management. One hundred and thirty-six articles published during this time focused on Information Technology (IT) applications in this field were selected for analysis. The underlying research topics and their related IT implementations are discussed, and research trends in allied specialties are identified.

Keywords:

• safety management
• construction
• building engineering
• information technology
• international research journal
• research trends

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Mirosław J. Skibniewski

Miroslaw J. SKIBNIEWSKI. Professor, leads the e-Construction Research Group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park, USA. A former Professor and Assoc. Provost at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, he holds a MEng degree in Civil Engineering from Warsaw University of Technology in Poland, and MS and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering Planning and Management from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an author or co-author of over 200 research articles on a wide array of topics related to information technologies and automation for the construction industry. Prof. Skibniewski's research has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, SAP-America, Fulbright and Humboldt Foundations, Bechtel Corporation, Obayashi Corporation and the Clark Construction Group, among others. He has been a recipient of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award, American Society of Civil Engineers’ Walter L. Huber Research Prize and the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction TuckerHasegawa Award for lifetime research achievements in construction automation. Prof. Skibniewski holds an honorary doctorate from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University