A Comprehensive Framework for Integrating Extended Reality into Lifecycle-Based Construction Safety Management
Construction remains one of the most hazardous industries, with high accident rates driven by insufficient planning, coordination, and safety training. While extended reality (XR) technologies, encompassing virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, have shown promise in improving safety outcomes, exist...
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| author | Felipe Muñoz-La Rivera Javier Mora-Serrano Eugenio Oñate Sofia Montecinos-Orellana |
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| description | Construction remains one of the most hazardous industries, with high accident rates driven by insufficient planning, coordination, and safety training. While extended reality (XR) technologies, encompassing virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, have shown promise in improving safety outcomes, existing applications are typically isolated, lacking integration across the project lifecycle and alignment with digital methodologies such as those found in Construction 4.0. This study proposes a comprehensive workflow and framework for the integration of XR technologies into construction safety management, grounded in Building Information Modelling, Lean Construction, and Prevention through Design. This methodology structures the use of XR to support safety planning, training, inspection, and control, with a focus on lifecycle integration and proactive risk mitigation. Implementation examples are presented to illustrate the framework’s applicability and scalability. These demonstrate how XR can support immersive walkthroughs, synchronisation with BIM data, and simulation of human–machine interactions. This study contributes a structured, replicable approach that addresses the current fragmentation of XR safety applications, offering both a theoretical basis and practical guidance for adopting XR in construction safety workflows. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-649ee053998a4c689e8f30d22f487af62025-08-20T03:14:42ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-05-011510569010.3390/app15105690A Comprehensive Framework for Integrating Extended Reality into Lifecycle-Based Construction Safety ManagementFelipe Muñoz-La Rivera0Javier Mora-Serrano1Eugenio Oñate2Sofia Montecinos-Orellana3School of Civil Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340000, ChileInternational Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 08034 Barcelona, SpainInternational Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 08034 Barcelona, SpainSchool of Civil Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340000, ChileConstruction remains one of the most hazardous industries, with high accident rates driven by insufficient planning, coordination, and safety training. While extended reality (XR) technologies, encompassing virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, have shown promise in improving safety outcomes, existing applications are typically isolated, lacking integration across the project lifecycle and alignment with digital methodologies such as those found in Construction 4.0. This study proposes a comprehensive workflow and framework for the integration of XR technologies into construction safety management, grounded in Building Information Modelling, Lean Construction, and Prevention through Design. This methodology structures the use of XR to support safety planning, training, inspection, and control, with a focus on lifecycle integration and proactive risk mitigation. Implementation examples are presented to illustrate the framework’s applicability and scalability. These demonstrate how XR can support immersive walkthroughs, synchronisation with BIM data, and simulation of human–machine interactions. This study contributes a structured, replicable approach that addresses the current fragmentation of XR safety applications, offering both a theoretical basis and practical guidance for adopting XR in construction safety workflows.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/10/5690construction safetysafety managementextended realityvirtual realityaugmented realitymixed reality |
| spellingShingle | Felipe Muñoz-La Rivera Javier Mora-Serrano Eugenio Oñate Sofia Montecinos-Orellana A Comprehensive Framework for Integrating Extended Reality into Lifecycle-Based Construction Safety Management Applied Sciences construction safety safety management extended reality virtual reality augmented reality mixed reality |
| title | A Comprehensive Framework for Integrating Extended Reality into Lifecycle-Based Construction Safety Management |
| title_full | A Comprehensive Framework for Integrating Extended Reality into Lifecycle-Based Construction Safety Management |
| title_fullStr | A Comprehensive Framework for Integrating Extended Reality into Lifecycle-Based Construction Safety Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Comprehensive Framework for Integrating Extended Reality into Lifecycle-Based Construction Safety Management |
| title_short | A Comprehensive Framework for Integrating Extended Reality into Lifecycle-Based Construction Safety Management |
| title_sort | comprehensive framework for integrating extended reality into lifecycle based construction safety management |
| topic | construction safety safety management extended reality virtual reality augmented reality mixed reality |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/10/5690 |
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