The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) seek to provide high quality infrastructure that meets or exceeds the desired quality standards crucial for … [Read more...] about Inspection Technologies for Construction and Maintenance of Highway Infrastructure – Review and Analysis
Detection and Identification Systems
Improving Smart Work Zone Deployments in Texas
Smart work zones utilize technologies and strategies to enhance transportation safety, mobility, traveler satisfaction, and even construction/maintenance productivity through and around work zones. To … [Read more...] about Improving Smart Work Zone Deployments in Texas
Assessment of Safe Work Indicators in Transportation Construction Using Personal Monitoring Systems
Construction projects require long hours where workers are subjected to intensive tasks such as hard manual labor, heavy lifting, and constrained working postures. Among the physiological metrics, … [Read more...] about Assessment of Safe Work Indicators in Transportation Construction Using Personal Monitoring Systems
Enhancing Individual Worker Risk Awareness: A Location-Based Safety Check System for Real-Time Hazard Warnings in Work-Zones
This study focuses on improving pre-emptive risk recognition and safety checks to prevent workplace accidents. It underscores improvements by addressing existing research issues, suggesting potential … [Read more...] about Enhancing Individual Worker Risk Awareness: A Location-Based Safety Check System for Real-Time Hazard Warnings in Work-Zones
Vehicle Turn-Signal Detection for Automated Flagging Systems
Flaggers are always required to work close to open traffic lanes. They may be hit by distracted, speeding, or intoxicated drivers, leading to injuries and fatalities. To protect them, the concept of … [Read more...] about Vehicle Turn-Signal Detection for Automated Flagging Systems
Development of a Rule-Based Safety Checking System for Autonomous Heavy Construction Equipment
Highway and road construction and maintenance involve operations of heavy construction equipment consistently exposing workers to injuries and fatalities. Frequent collisions between heavy equipment … [Read more...] about Development of a Rule-Based Safety Checking System for Autonomous Heavy Construction Equipment