Accuracy Assessment of Ultra-Wideband for a Site Safety Monitoring System

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dc.contributor.advisorSadeghpour, Farnaz
dc.contributor.authorAndolfo, Carlo
dc.contributor.committeememberDann, Markus
dc.contributor.committeememberJergeas, George Farage
dc.contributor.committeememberO'Keefe, Kyle Patrick Gordon
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T15:19:51Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T15:19:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractConstruction has one of the highest rates of accidents among all industries worldwide. In Canada, 22% of workplace fatalities are recorded in the construction industry. An analysis conducted in this study showed that one of the main causes of accidents on construction sites is workers’ lack of awareness of proximity of danger. The objective of this study is to develop a Site Safety Monitoring System that helps improve safety on construction sites by providing safety status of workers in real-time. The system is composed of an available UWB Real-Time Locating System that estimates workers’ location on the site, and a Detection Model that detects when workers are in the proximity of danger using the provided location estimations. Laboratory experiments are conducted to measure the accuracy of UWB in tracking workers, and to examine the reliability of the model in detecting unsafe situations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAndolfo, C. (2016). Accuracy Assessment of Ultra-Wideband for a Site Safety Monitoring System (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24650en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24650
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3415
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEngineering--Civil
dc.subject.classificationUltra-Widebanden_US
dc.subject.classificationSafetyen_US
dc.subject.classificationAccuracyen_US
dc.titleAccuracy Assessment of Ultra-Wideband for a Site Safety Monitoring System
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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