Wearables to Improve Efficiency, Productivity, and Safety of Operations
K S Balamurugan, T.P. Latchoumi, T.P. Ezhilarasi
Abstract
The fourth industrial revolution was led by Industry 4.0, which turned traditional factories into smart factories controlled by the Internet of Things (IoT). Because of the high incidence of work-related accidents and losses, the building industry faces a range of problems and is regarded as a high-risk industry. These difficulties often lead to higher-level problems such as overruns of cost, schedule expansion, and failure of the project. As a result, construction research has worked to identify best practices for enhancing safety, performance, and efficiency. The characteristics of portable devices, as well as safety criteria that can be used to forecast safety, efficiency and organization practices are recognized and analyzed. According to the review, existing wearable devices have been used in other industries to track and calculate a broad range of security act indicators in construction engineering. Adoption of the recommended systems will result in significant improvements in terms of protection, reliability, and productivity, as well as a reduction in the risk of falling. Individual portable sensors or devices can be combined for multi parameter safety output monitoring based on their characteristics. This chapter’s objective is to provide a thorough overview of mobile technology applications for custom construction security monitoring.