Detecting safety helmet wearing in surveillance videos is an essential task for safety management, compliance with regulations, and reducing the death rate from construction industry accidents. … [Read more...] about Detecting Safety Helmet Wearing on Construction Sites With Bounding-Box Regression and Deep Transfer Learning
Detection and Identification
IoT-Based Detecting, Locating and Alarming of Unauthorized Intrusion on Construction Sites
Monitoring of unauthorized intrusion on construction sites is crucial to reducing safety accidents. The existing methods have shortages such as detection error, locating error, alarming delay and … [Read more...] about IoT-Based Detecting, Locating and Alarming of Unauthorized Intrusion on Construction Sites
Ohio DOT, Nexar Launch Work Zone Safety Pilot Project
DriveOhio, an initiative of the Ohio Department of Transportation, is partnering with Nexar to test its CityStream roadway monitoring technology to improve highway work zone safety. This pilot project … [Read more...] about Ohio DOT, Nexar Launch Work Zone Safety Pilot Project
DriveOhio Pilots Nexar’s Citystream Technology to Detect Construction Zones in Real Time
DriveOhio, an initiative of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), partners with Nexar to pilot the company’s monitoring technology to improve road safety around work zones. Nexar’s CityStream … [Read more...] about DriveOhio Pilots Nexar’s Citystream Technology to Detect Construction Zones in Real Time
Leveraging Technology to Improve Roadway and Work Zone Safety in Nevada
In an effort to prevent collisions and reduce congestion brought by the population growth, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC)’s Traffic Management Center has actively … [Read more...] about Leveraging Technology to Improve Roadway and Work Zone Safety in Nevada
Incorporating Worker Awareness in the Generation of Hazard Proximity Warnings
Proximity warning systems for construction sites do not consider whether workers are already aware of the hazard prior to issuing warnings. This can generate redundant and distracting alarms that … [Read more...] about Incorporating Worker Awareness in the Generation of Hazard Proximity Warnings