How can we improve the construction knowledge and safety of workers using AR & VR?

To train and educate construction workers on the importance of construction safety and train them for a safe and effective working environment to make the company a global leader.

The company possessed exemplary staff but struggled with limitations in construction safety training. They are:

• Recognising and tackling the issue that construction safety training is theory or computer-based
• The crew is trained on paper, drastically different from real-world construction sites.
• Trained personnel cannot identify potential safety hazards at sites despite receiving safety training.
• Trauma affects the mental and physical conditions of workers.
• Risking the lives of workers and the public.
• Lower efficiency.
• Delayed completion of projects.
• The growth of the company becomes stagnant.

• Using immersive technologies like Rwizen’s Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) can overcome the challenges above and bridge the gap between the classroom and an actual construction site.
• Using AR and VR in real construction sites, classrooms, or even at workers’ homes to train and educate them about handling tools, performing safe practices, assessing heights, and taking the necessary precautions for maximum safety.
• This technique saved resources, time, and lives as the AR/VR tool explained the safety process in a simple, easy-to-understand language.

This approach’s quantitative and qualitative findings revealed that AR-based assessment is an effective method to analyze safety skills and knowledge in a construction safety course.

This method outperformed both theoretical and computer-based assessment methods.