{"id":9277,"date":"2024-05-17T09:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T09:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9277"},"modified":"2024-05-17T09:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T09:05:39","slug":"construction-worker-analysis-using-beacons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/construction-worker-analysis-using-beacons\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Worker Analysis Using Beacons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0926580524000633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new paper<\/a>, authored by Mohammadali Khazen, Mazdak Nik-Bakht, and Osama Moselhi, introduces an innovative system for indoor construction sites, designed to simultaneously track workers&#8217; locations, body orientations, and productivity states. The system, which integrates Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) data with a 4-Dimensional Building Information Model (BIM), employs three modules: workspace discovery, body orientation detection and productivity state identification.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bluetoothbeaconandconstructionworkers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bluetoothbeaconandconstructionworkers.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bluetoothbeaconandconstructionworkers-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bluetoothbeaconandconstructionworkers-768x308.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The workspace discovery module maps workers&#8217; locations onto the BIM, enhancing workspace management. The body orientation module, using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons, identifies workers&#8217; field of view, while the productivity state module leverages accelerometer data from body-mounted beacons to classify workers&#8217; activities into direct work, support work, or idle states.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beaconframework.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9279\" style=\"width:804px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beaconframework.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beaconframework-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/beaconframework-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Experimental results demonstrate the system&#8217;s efficacy in laboratory settings, with orientation detection showing a mean error of less than 30\u00b0 over eight minutes and productivity state identification achieving an average error of 14% and a maximum of 20%. These findings underscore the system&#8217;s potential to improve on-site management by providing real-time insights into workers&#8217; activities, thereby addressing the limitations of manual observation methods. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bluetoothconstructiontasks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bluetoothconstructiontasks.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bluetoothconstructiontasks-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The integration of RTLS with BIM and the innovative use of sensor data for orientation and activity classification represents a significant advancement in the field of construction site management, offering a promising tool for enhancing productivity and safety on indoor construction projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new paper, authored by Mohammadali Khazen, Mazdak Nik-Bakht, and Osama Moselhi, introduces an innovative system for indoor construction sites, designed to simultaneously track workers&#8217; locations, body orientations, and productivity states. The system, which integrates Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) data with a 4-Dimensional Building Information Model (BIM), employs three modules: workspace discovery, body orientation detection &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/construction-worker-analysis-using-beacons\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Construction Worker Analysis Using Beacons&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9357,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9277\/revisions\/9357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beaconzone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}