The advent of IoT in construction industry
IoT, as a technology is transforming the way many industries work. Moreover in Construction industry IoT is revolutionizing the safety management procedures. As a result, the fatality rates have gone down notches. Most noteworthy point is with the introduction of IoT, there have been great leap in productivity and profitability of construction companies. IoT in construction industry can help enhance the safety measures for the workers in many ways. Construction workers are exposed to a plethora of threats and hazards. For e.g. falling, electrocution, entrapment, faulty machineries or being hit by moving vehicles like trucks or forklift.
IoT based solutions to enhance safety measures
Smart Cones: These safety cones embedded with sensors are deployed across the construction sites . It alerts the machine drivers of the presence of water mains, electrical lines and even the workers present in the vicinity. Also it can alert the employees with warning sirens when a moving machine is around.
Employee Tracking: The worker vests can be infested with GPS, location beacons or RFID tags, so that the managers can track their movement continuously. This type of monitoring is very useful in places like mines and large boreholes where there is a chance of a cave-in.
Environment Monitoring: Monitoring the working environment is extremely crucial as the workers can be subjected to extreme temperature, humidity and even poisonous gases. The corresponding sensors can alert the employees if the parameters breach the threshold limit.
Asset Management and Repair: A machine or equipment failure can be hazardous to its operators. It is extremely important to foresee maintenance issues in these machineries, so that the operators can be safe guarded from any mishaps. Connected machines and M2M monitoring solutions due help in proper asset management and repair.
IoT in construction industry is not just limited to these four solutions. The connected worker concept is really the way forward for the construction industry. All the leading construction firms around the world are adopting IoT to increase the safety measures in their company. The more the workers feel safe, the more they will contribute towards increasing the company productivity.
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