Sensors

TRB Webinar: Emerging Technologies for Construction Delivery (Training)

The webinar features research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program’s Synthesis 534: Emerging Technologies for Construction Delivery. The webinar will provide an overview of the … More

NDDOT Deploys New Traffic Warning System for Construction Season (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles

The North Dakota Department of Transportation is deploying a new traffic warning system on Interstate 94 to reduce crashes during construction season. New interactive caution signs are connected to se…More

Live Cams, Speed Sensors Track Traffic in Merritt Parkway Work Zone (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles, Websites

For years, the $56.7 million project on a 5-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield and Westport has caused lane closures and traffic delays. As the project enters its next phase, commuters c…More

Emerging Technologies for Construction Delivery: A synthesis of Highway Practice (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

The uses and levels of maturity of five advanced technology areas (visualization and modeling, interconnected technologies, safety technologies, instrumentation and sensors, and unmanned aircraft syst…More

Technologies Currently Available to Obtain the Occupancy Rate of Resources on a Construction Site (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

The construction industry is utilizing new emerging technologies that have the potential to help managers and contractors to track the work progress on construction sites. Combined with scheduling met…More

Active Work Zone Safety: Preventing Accidents Using Intrusion Sensing Technologies (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Highway construction work zones are hazardous environments characterized by a dynamic and limited workspace. A host of interactions between workers, passing commuter vehicles, and moving construction …More

Systems Analysis and Design of a Smart Traffic Service System for Predictive and Smarter Mobility and Safety in Roadway Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

Smart traffic service systems entail intelligent traffic analysis applications that enable highly functioning relationships between a range of users, including service consumers and service producers.…More

Safety Helmet Wearing Management System for Construction Workers Using Three-Axis Accelerometer Sensor (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles

In the Korean construction industry, legal and institutional safety management improvements are continually being pursued. However, there was a 4.5% increase in the number of workers’ deaths at cons…More