A bibliometric review of the status and emerging research trends in construction safety management technologies
A bibliometric review of the status and emerging research trends in construction safety management technologies
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2020
Authors
Mariam, Akinlolu
Theo, C. Haupt
David, John Edwards
Fredrick, Simpeh
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International Journal of Construction Management
Abstract
Technologies such as virtual reality (VR), online databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building
Information Modelling (BIM), Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), 4 D Computer-Aided Design (4 D CAD),
wearable robotics have been adopted to improve construction site health and safety. However, little
attempt has been made to map global research on construction health and safety technologies.
Therefore, this paper conducts a review of technologies for construction health and safety management
to reveal emerging research trends. A bibliometric review adopting a two-step literature selection method
was conducted to compile relevant publications from the Scopus database. In total, 240 related papers
were examined. VOSviewer was used to develop a co-occurrence network based on the bibliographic
data obtained. The analysis focussed on co-authorship per country, country/region distribution, the num ber of publications annually, publication source and source and trend of research topics. Findings
revealed that emerging trends in construction health and safety technologies research focussed on pro ject health and safety design and planning, visualisation and image processing for construction projects,
digital technologies for project monitoring, information management and Internet of Things, automation
and robotic systems, health and safety and accident prevention and structure evaluation
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Akinlolu, M., Haupt, T. C., Edwards, D. J., & Simpeh, F. (2022). A bibliometric review of the status and emerging research trends in construction safety management technologies. International Journal of Construction Management, 22(14), 2699-2711.