{"id":16109,"date":"2023-04-27T04:06:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/researchers-create-improved-jobsite-safety-tech-with-location-tracking\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T04:06:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T11:06:48","slug":"researchers-create-improved-jobsite-safety-tech-with-location-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/researchers-create-improved-jobsite-safety-tech-with-location-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers create improved jobsite safety tech with location tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Dive Brief:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Heavy equipment, machinery and vehicles make construction sites dangerous, but a team of researchers has a plan to alleviate some of the hazards.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The research team, led by doctoral student Alireza Ansaripour from the University of Houston, created Viper+, a system that uses radio signals and geolocated tags to track workers and equipment on the jobsite, according to a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uh.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2023\/april-2023\/04202023-researchers-develop-safety-monitoring-system-for-construction-sites.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>university press release<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The system overcomes challenges other ultra-wideband based real-time safety monitoring systems suffer from because it overcomes non-line of sight situations, where machines block the signal between the tag and the receiver, the release said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Dive Insight:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Viper+ automates the monitoring of safety policies set at the beginning of a project. The policies define where \u201csafe\u201d and \u201cunsafe\u201d areas are, and the system detects any violations of the policies while employees and equipment are working, according to the release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Viper+ utilizes ultra-wideband technology for location tracking, which Ansaripour said tracked locations more accurately compared to other wireless radios.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The first evaluation of the system was in 2019 on an 8,600-square-foot construction plot. Four students operated as workers in the tracking zone while Ansaripour managed the data flow of the system. In 2022, a similar scenario was set up at a different construction site.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Despite the trial success, there are still some kinks that need to be worked out, such as overall effectiveness and some design issues.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cWe also have an issue creating a tracking zone that covers all of a construction site, not just a portion of it,\u201d said Ansaripour. \u201cThere are still some improvements that need to be made for this to become a commercial product, but our work provides insight on how a real-time safety monitoring system can be used for safety tracking in construction sites.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>News of the tests come at a time when highway worker safety has been in national headlines. In March, a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/road-construction-safety-speeding-work-zones-i-695-maryland\/647620\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>motorist killed six construction workers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in Maryland, igniting a debate about how best to keep construction workers safe, and what the agencies responsible for that safety can do. States such as New York, for example, have <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/ny-launches-work-zone-safety-crackdown\/648089\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>new speed-monitoring cameras<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in place to track drivers near construction sites.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/researchers-create-improved-jobsite-safety-system-with-location-tracking\/648687\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dive Brief: Heavy equipment, machinery and vehicles make construction sites dangerous, but a team of researchers has a plan to &#8230; <a title=\"Researchers create improved jobsite safety tech with location tracking\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/researchers-create-improved-jobsite-safety-tech-with-location-tracking\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Researchers create improved jobsite safety tech with location tracking\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-dive","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}