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Safety by design: dialogues between designers and builders using virtual reality

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  • Rafael Sacks
  • Jennifer Whyte
  • Dana Swissa
  • Gabriel Raviv
  • Wei Zhou
  • Aviad Shapira

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Designers can contribute to enhancing the safety of construction work by considering how their decisions impact on both the physical environment in which construction workers operate and the means and methods they use. To do so, however, designers require knowledge about safety hazards on site and the opportunity to examine their designs early in projects. Through a set of studies virtual reality tools were used to examine the potential for collaborative dialogue between designers and builders to provide a forum for learning and proactive change of a design to make a project safer to build. In the tests, participants viewed proposed designs using virtual reality to examine various alternative design and construction scenarios. The study shows that consultation and dialogue with an experienced construction professional are highly beneficial for designers to appreciate the implications of designs on safety, and that designers are more willing to adapt design details than to change aesthetic aspects of their designs.

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  • Rafael Sacks & Jennifer Whyte & Dana Swissa & Gabriel Raviv & Wei Zhou & Aviad Shapira, 2015. "Safety by design: dialogues between designers and builders using virtual reality," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(1), pages 55-72, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:33:y:2015:i:1:p:55-72
    DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2015.1029504
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    1. Gondia, Ahmed & Moussa, Ahmed & Ezzeldin, Mohamed & El-Dakhakhni, Wael, 2023. "Machine learning-based construction site dynamic risk models," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
    2. Mihić Matej & Vukomanović Mladen & Završki Ivica, 2019. "Review of previous applications of innovative information technologies in construction health and safety," Organization, Technology and Management in Construction, Sciendo, vol. 11(1), pages 1952-1967, January.
    3. Muhammad Tariq Shafiq & Muneeb Afzal, 2020. "Potential of Virtual Design Construction Technologies to Improve Job-Site Safety in Gulf Corporation Council," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-21, May.
    4. Deena Badran & Radhi AlZubaidi & Senthilkumar Venkatachalam, 2023. "Identification of Key Design Phase-Related Risks in DBB Projects in the UAE—Towards Developing a BIM Solution," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-23, April.
    5. Abdelrahman Abdalla Alhelo & Radhi Alzubaidi & Hamad Rashid, 2023. "A Framework Supporting Health and Safety Practices in the United Arab Emirates’ Construction Projects," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-14, January.

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