IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/spr/lnopch/978-981-99-3626-7_27.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

Construction Equipment Maintenance Supervision: An i-Core and Blockchain-Enabled Conceptual Framework

In: Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate

Author

Listed:
  • Liupengfei Wu

    (University of Hong Kong)

  • Weisheng Lu

    (University of Hong Kong)

  • Lang Zheng

    (University of Hong Kong)

  • Jinfeng Lou

    (University of Hong Kong)

  • Wenjun Gao

    (University of Hong Kong)

Abstract

Accidents due to the use of construction equipment are one of the leading causes of serious injuries in the construction industry. The supervision of construction equipment is an essential procedure to ensure the safety of users in the usage stage by requiring appropriate and timely maintenance. However, the following two issues must be tackled to secure its effeteness. Firstly, the execution of maintenance must be guaranteed, especially under a tight construction schedule. Secondly, the immutability, transparency, and traceability of the maintenance information must be enhanced. This research aims to develop an i-Core and blockchain-enabled framework for assuring the effectiveness of supervision of construction equipment maintenance (ESCEM). First, a literature review was conducted to identify ESCEM challenges and i-Core and blockchain potentials. Then, an i-Core and blockchain-enabled conceptual framework was provided. Finally, a prototype system was developed based on a case study to instantiate and test the proposed framework. As a result, it is found that i-Core can protect the effectiveness of ESCEM by automatically notifying construction stakeholders of when equipment maintenance is due, ensuring timely maintenance. Besides, blockchain allows construction stakeholders to submit, share, endorse, and store the maintenance transactions of construction equipment in a decentralized, transparent, immutable, and traceable manner. This study offers a novel solution for construction equipment safety management to construction researchers and practitioners, inspiring more discussions about blockchain applications in the construction industry.

Suggested Citation

  • Liupengfei Wu & Weisheng Lu & Lang Zheng & Jinfeng Lou & Wenjun Gao, 2023. "Construction Equipment Maintenance Supervision: An i-Core and Blockchain-Enabled Conceptual Framework," Lecture Notes in Operations Research, in: Jing Li & Weisheng Lu & Yi Peng & Hongping Yuan & Daikun Wang (ed.), Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, pages 340-352, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnopch:978-981-99-3626-7_27
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3626-7_27
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:lnopch:978-981-99-3626-7_27. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.