BIM and Construction Health and Safety: Uncovering, Adoption and Implementation

ISBN-13: 9781032115368 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 168 str.

Hamed Golizadeh; Saeed Banihashemi; Carol Hon

Opis

This book aims to conceptualise the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the workplace health and safety (WHS) management of construction projects to reduce occupational accidents. The safety performance of the construction industry has always been a concern across the globe, however. This devastating reputation has drawn the concern of many nations. tThe potential functions of BIM can drastically alter the WHS practices of the construction industry. BIM facilitates WHS information exchange and management and supports better collaboration and project planning through virtual visualisation of the construction WHS management process. Despite an increasing interest in BIM, a successful mechanism of employing BIM for construction WHS management is absent. Therefore, this book aims to fill this dearth by diffusion of such innovative interventions with the current industry practice in a practical manner through proper identification of effective areas and evaluation of their impacts on the key criteria of construction projects and organisations. This approach will foster the implementation of BIM in the current state -of -WHS management inof the industry and can potentially reduce occupational accidents oin construction sites.

This book is essential reading for researchers and professionals interested in how BIM technology can improve Health and Safety on construction projects. It is intended for engineers, project managers, construction managers, safety officers and managers.