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March 8, 2025
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BIM for Safety: Applying Real-Time Monitoring Technologies to Prevent Falls from Height in Construction

Publicated to: Applied Sciences-Basel. 15 (4): 2218- - 2025-02-01 15(4), DOI: 10.3390/app15042218

Authors:

Pereira, Filipa; Garcia, Maria de las Nieves Gonzalez; Martins, Joao Pocas
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Edificac, Ave Juan Herrera 6, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Porto, Fac Engn, Construct Dept Engn Civil, Rua Dr Roberto Frias S-N, P-4200465 Porto, Portugal - Author

Abstract

There are significant risks in the construction sector, with falls from height identified a greater hazard than in most other industries. Efforts to improve working conditions and reduce accident rates have driven research into real-time monitoring technologies to reduce the risk of falls. The main objective of this research is to review existing real-time monitoring technologies, identify the most relevant, and analyse their benefits and impact on reducing workplace accidents in the construction sector. A systematic review was conducted using PRISMA methodology to investigate the use of real-time monitoring technologies in the construction industry. Only studies specifically investigating real-time fall risk assessment were included. Of the initial 446 articles reviewed, 39 were considered highly relevant to the research objectives. Various wireless and computer vision technologies were identified for real-time worker monitoring, often integrated with BIM to improve workplace safety. The findings suggest that a combination of technologies may produce more effective results for worker monitoring. However, further research is needed to verify the applicability of these technologies on construction sites.
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Keywords

BimDesignFall from heightFrameworkInspectionManagementModelMonitoringNeural-networksSafetSafetySystemTechnologyTrackin

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Applied Sciences-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 50/179, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Engineering (Miscellaneous).

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-26:

  • WoS: 9
  • Scopus: 13
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-26:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 47.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 45 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/93242/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 36
  • Downloads: 31
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GONZALEZ GARCIA, M. DE LAS NIEVES.

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Project objectives

El presente estudio persigue los siguientes objetivos: analizar las tecnologías de monitoreo en tiempo real existentes para la prevención de caídas en la construcción; identificar las tecnologías más relevantes en la evaluación del riesgo de caídas; evaluar los beneficios e impacto de estas tecnologías en la reducción de accidentes laborales en el sector; caracterizar la integración de tecnologías inalámbricas y de visión por computadora con BIM para mejorar la seguridad; y determinar la eficacia potencial de la combinación de tecnologías para el monitoreo de trabajadores, señalando la necesidad de investigaciones futuras para validar su aplicabilidad en obras. Estos objetivos se desarrollan a partir de una revisión sistemática con metodología PRISMA, que consideró 39 estudios relevantes de un total inicial de 446.
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Most relevant results

El estudio analiza tecnologías de monitoreo en tiempo real para prevenir caídas desde altura en la construcción. Se identificaron 39 estudios altamente relevantes de un total de 446 revisados mediante metodología PRISMA. Se detectaron diversas tecnologías inalámbricas y de visión por computadora aplicadas al monitoreo de trabajadores. Estas tecnologías suelen integrarse con BIM para mejorar la seguridad laboral. Los resultados indican que la combinación de múltiples tecnologías puede aumentar la eficacia en la supervisión de riesgos. No obstante, se señala la necesidad de investigaciones adicionales para validar la aplicabilidad práctica de estas tecnologías en obra.
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Awards linked to the item

This work was financially supported by Base Funding-UIDB/04708/2020, with DOI 10.54499/UIDB/04708/2020 of CONSTRUCT-Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construcoes-funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC).
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