Evaluating Construction 4.0 technologies in enhancing safety and health: case study of a national strategic plan

Purpose: Policymakers are developing national strategic plans to encourage organizations to adopt Construction 4.0 technologies. However, organizations often adopt the recommended technologies without aligning with organizational vision. Furthermore, there is no prioritization on which Construction...

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Main Authors: Hazwani, Shafei, Rahimi, A. Rahman, Lee, Yong Siang
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spelling my.ump.umpir.402572024-02-02T08:17:47Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40257/ Evaluating Construction 4.0 technologies in enhancing safety and health: case study of a national strategic plan Hazwani, Shafei Rahimi, A. Rahman Lee, Yong Siang TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Purpose: Policymakers are developing national strategic plans to encourage organizations to adopt Construction 4.0 technologies. However, organizations often adopt the recommended technologies without aligning with organizational vision. Furthermore, there is no prioritization on which Construction 4.0 technology should be adopted, including the impact of the technologies on different criteria such as safety and health. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate Construction 4.0 technologies listed in a national strategic plan that targets the enhancement of safety and health. Design/methodology/approach: A list of Construction 4.0 technologies from a national strategic plan is evaluated using the fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method. Then, the data are analyzed using reliability, fuzzy TOPSIS, normalization, Pareto, sensitivity, ranking and correlation analyses. Findings: The analyses identified six Construction 4.0 technologies that are critical in enhancing safety and health: Internet of Things, autonomous construction, big data and predictive analytics, artificial Intelligence, building information modeling and augmented reality and virtualization. In addition, six pairs of Construction 4.0 technologies illustrate strong relationships. Originality/value: This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by ranking a list of Construction 4.0 technologies in a national strategic plan that targets the enhancement of safety and health. Decision-makers can use the study findings to prioritize the technologies during the adoption process. Also, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to evaluate the impact of Construction 4.0 technologies listed in a national strategic plan on a specific criterion. Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40257/1/Evaluating%20Construction%204.0%20technologies%20in%20enhancing%20safety%20and%20health.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40257/2/Evaluating%20Construction%204.0%20technologies%20in%20enhancing%20safety%20and%20health%20-%20case%20study%20of%20a%20national%20strategic%20plan.pdf Hazwani, Shafei and Rahimi, A. Rahman and Lee, Yong Siang (2024) Evaluating Construction 4.0 technologies in enhancing safety and health: case study of a national strategic plan. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology. pp. 1-32. ISSN 1726-0531. (In Press / Online First) (In Press / Online First) http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-08-2023-0330 10.1108/JEDT-08-2023-0330
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Hazwani, Shafei
Rahimi, A. Rahman
Lee, Yong Siang
Evaluating Construction 4.0 technologies in enhancing safety and health: case study of a national strategic plan
description Purpose: Policymakers are developing national strategic plans to encourage organizations to adopt Construction 4.0 technologies. However, organizations often adopt the recommended technologies without aligning with organizational vision. Furthermore, there is no prioritization on which Construction 4.0 technology should be adopted, including the impact of the technologies on different criteria such as safety and health. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate Construction 4.0 technologies listed in a national strategic plan that targets the enhancement of safety and health. Design/methodology/approach: A list of Construction 4.0 technologies from a national strategic plan is evaluated using the fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method. Then, the data are analyzed using reliability, fuzzy TOPSIS, normalization, Pareto, sensitivity, ranking and correlation analyses. Findings: The analyses identified six Construction 4.0 technologies that are critical in enhancing safety and health: Internet of Things, autonomous construction, big data and predictive analytics, artificial Intelligence, building information modeling and augmented reality and virtualization. In addition, six pairs of Construction 4.0 technologies illustrate strong relationships. Originality/value: This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by ranking a list of Construction 4.0 technologies in a national strategic plan that targets the enhancement of safety and health. Decision-makers can use the study findings to prioritize the technologies during the adoption process. Also, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to evaluate the impact of Construction 4.0 technologies listed in a national strategic plan on a specific criterion.
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title Evaluating Construction 4.0 technologies in enhancing safety and health: case study of a national strategic plan
title_short Evaluating Construction 4.0 technologies in enhancing safety and health: case study of a national strategic plan
title_full Evaluating Construction 4.0 technologies in enhancing safety and health: case study of a national strategic plan
title_fullStr Evaluating Construction 4.0 technologies in enhancing safety and health: case study of a national strategic plan
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