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BIM-integrated construction safety risk assessment at the design stage of building projects
Abstract The construction industry has a higher occupational casualty rate than other industries. As a proactive approach to safety management, Construction Hazard Prevention through Design (CHPtD) can significantly eliminate or reduce the construction safety risk. However, this concept is not implemented effectively in practice because the technical issues that underlie CHPtD have not been addressed. This paper proposes a novel method of quantitative construction safety risk assessment for building projects at the design stage. This method consists of three indexes: Likelihood, consequence and exposure. These indexes are calculated using occupational injury, fatality and specific construction planning data which are accurate and objective. A plug-in that links building information modeling (BIM) with safety risk data is developed in Autodesk Revit, which can automatically calculate construction safety risk to help architects and structural designers quickly select design alternatives. A case study is presented to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.
Highlights The proposed method of quantitative safety risk assessment consists of three indexes: likelihood, consequence and exposure. The proposal indexes are calculated using the occupational injury, fatality and the specific construction planning data. The developed plug-in can calculate safety risk to help architects and structure designers select design alternatives. A case study is presented to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method at the design stage.
BIM-integrated construction safety risk assessment at the design stage of building projects
Abstract The construction industry has a higher occupational casualty rate than other industries. As a proactive approach to safety management, Construction Hazard Prevention through Design (CHPtD) can significantly eliminate or reduce the construction safety risk. However, this concept is not implemented effectively in practice because the technical issues that underlie CHPtD have not been addressed. This paper proposes a novel method of quantitative construction safety risk assessment for building projects at the design stage. This method consists of three indexes: Likelihood, consequence and exposure. These indexes are calculated using occupational injury, fatality and specific construction planning data which are accurate and objective. A plug-in that links building information modeling (BIM) with safety risk data is developed in Autodesk Revit, which can automatically calculate construction safety risk to help architects and structural designers quickly select design alternatives. A case study is presented to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.
Highlights The proposed method of quantitative safety risk assessment consists of three indexes: likelihood, consequence and exposure. The proposal indexes are calculated using the occupational injury, fatality and the specific construction planning data. The developed plug-in can calculate safety risk to help architects and structure designers select design alternatives. A case study is presented to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method at the design stage.
BIM-integrated construction safety risk assessment at the design stage of building projects
Lu, Ying (author) / Gong, Peizhen (author) / Tang, Yuchun (author) / Sun, Shuqi (author) / Li, Qiming (author)
2021-01-05
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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