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An automated safety checking for staircase hazards on construction sites: A BIM Approach

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posted on 2025-06-23, 13:10 authored by Shalaka Hire, Sayali Sandbhor, Kirti RuikarKirti Ruikar

Automation is revolutionizing a number of sectors, including construction, by bringing about important technological breakthroughs that increase productivity and efficiency. Automation in safety procedures is still scarce though. In India, the majority of safety procedures are still reactive, manual, and paper-based. This study is a component of a broader research project on automated safety screening for fall risks enabled by BIM. It entails codification of OSHA rules to perform safety checks, placing corrective actions into location, and generating reports in a virtual environment. As part of the broader risk lifecycle, these tasks are typically completed on-site during the various stages of construction. This study, on the other hand, executes these steps in a virtual environment in the preconstruction phase. The model has been assessed in a pilot study in India and was developed especially to address fall hazards from staircases. Through early hazard identification and mitigation, the system assists professionals in enhancing overall safety performance.

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

CivilEng

Volume

6

Issue

2

Publisher

MDPI

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Rights holder

© The Author(s)

Publisher statement

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Acceptance date

2025-05-14

Publication date

2025-05-21

Copyright date

2025

ISSN

2673-4109

eISSN

2673-4109

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Kirti Ruikar. Deposit date: 21 May 2025

Article number

27

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