Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Concordia University
$53,333.00
Advanced system for heightened situational awareness and risk management in construction projects
FY 2017-18
Summary
The goal of this project is to improve the safety, efficiency, and accountability of large construction projects. Such projects are very complex, involving expensive heavy equipment and human resources, and typically very difficult to manage. We propose to design and develop a decision-support system that helps the management through automated safety alerts, performance metrics, and record keeping. The system takes as input data from internet-connected sensors, including cameras, deployed on the construction sites. With the help of domain experts from construction companies and GreenOwl, we develop algorithms for equipment, human, and event detection for use specifically in the construction domain. Our proposed system is a one-of-its-kind application of cutting edge machine learning to the area of construction projects. The record keeping feature of this system will also contribute indirectly to deter safety protocol violations, corruption, and inefficiencies in large-scale construction projects.
Program
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
506997-2016
Name nom
Yu, JiaYuan
Department département
Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering (CIISE)
Organization id
70
Institution établissement
Concordia University
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
53333
Program id
CRDPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
600
Area of application group en
Construction, urban and rural planning
Area of application group fr
Construction, urbanisme et aménagement rural
Area of application en
Construction, urban and rural planning
Area of application fr
Construction, urbanisme et aménagement rural
Research subject code
2713
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Algorithms
Research subject fr
Algorithmes
Partie
1
Nb partie
3
Application title
Advanced system for heightened situational awareness and risk management in construction projects
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The goal of this project is to improve the safety, efficiency, and accountability of large construction projects. Such projects are very complex, involving expensive heavy equipment and human resources, and typically very difficult to manage. We propose to design and develop a decision-support system that helps the management through automated safety alerts, performance metrics, and record keeping. The system takes as input data from internet-connected sensors, including cameras, deployed on the construction sites. With the help of domain experts from construction companies and GreenOwl, we develop algorithms for equipment, human, and event detection for use specifically in the construction domain. Our proposed system is a one-of-its-kind application of cutting edge machine learning to the area of construction projects. The record keeping feature of this system will also contribute indirectly to deter safety protocol violations, corruption, and inefficiencies in large-scale construction projects.
