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Prasanna Venkatesan Ramani¹, Talanti Ravi Arun Kumar¹

¹School of Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, India.

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|May 24, 2022

Summary

Integrating safety planning with project scheduling improves construction safety. An automated safety planning add-in (ASPA) for Microsoft Project was developed, generating reports to help engineers proactively manage construction hazards and regulations.

Keywords:

automated safety reports construction hazards construction safety regulations risk assessment safety planning

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Area of Science:

Construction Management
Occupational Safety and Health
Software Engineering

Background:

Effective construction safety culture requires integrating safety planning with project planning.
Current methods often lack seamless integration between scheduling and safety protocols.
Proactive hazard identification and regulation compliance are critical for project success.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the integration of construction scheduling with safety planning.
To develop an automated safety planning add-in (ASPA) for Microsoft Project.
To enhance construction safety through technology-driven planning.

Main Methods:

Development of a risk assessment database analyzing hazard frequency and severity.
Creation of an automated safety planning add-in (ASPA) for Microsoft Project.
Integration of ASPA with project schedules for real-time safety analysis.
Testing the efficacy of ASPA in a real-time construction project.

Main Results:

ASPA generates automated safety reports detailing task information, risk priority, and relevant safety regulations.
The system compares ongoing construction activities with the safety database to identify potential risks.
Efficacy testing in a real-time project demonstrated ASPA's practical utility.

Conclusions:

The developed ASPA effectively integrates construction scheduling with safety planning.
Automated report generation facilitates proactive hazard identification and safety regulation compliance.
ASPA empowers safety engineers to enhance daily activity planning and improve overall construction safety.