Construction Health and Safety, BIM and Cloud Technology: Proper Integration Can Drive Benefits for All Stakeholders

Author

Bennett, Liz ; Mahdjoubi, Lamine

Author_Institution

Constr. & Property Res. Centre, Univ. of West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2013

fDate

2-5 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

215

Lastpage

218

Abstract

This short paper looks at the current opportunity to integrate professionally mature health and safety into Building Information Management/Modelling (BIM) and Cloud technology. It argues that while the Cloud can be used to facilitate effective BIM, health and safety needs to be dealt with in a much more integrated fashion than is currently being considered by the building and construction sector. It suggests that there needs to be a more obvious divide between strategic decisions and detailed design. Clarity is the theme throughout, requiring high quality, relevant team communication in a timely manner.

Keywords

cloud computing; construction industry; design; information management; occupational health; occupational safety; BIM; building information management; building information modeling; building sector; cloud technology; construction health; construction safety; construction sector; detailed design; health needs; safety needs; strategic decisions; team communication; Buildings; Computer aided software engineering; Computers; Construction industry; Health and safety; Regulators; Supply chains; BIM; Cloud; clarity; communication; construction; coordination; integration; regulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), 2013 IEEE 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bristol

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CloudCom.2013.128

Filename

6735421