Imperative Role of Technology Intervention and Implementation for Automation in the Construction Industry

Table 3

RFID technology in major fields or areas of the construction industry.

Area of construction	Method or approach	Reference
Project management	Managing construction site by installing tags and readers on machinery, tools, and equipment, to ensure movement of equipment, materials, and labor at predefined and predicated locations and raise alarm if a discrepancy is observed	[56]
	Such technology is very much useful in large projects to save time and money and things can be controlled remotely through interconnected tags and readers and sharing the same on a real-time basis
Equipment and tool management	Deployment of RFID on high values equipment and tools helps control its movement and remove the threat of being lost. This is particularly useful when equipment and tools are utilized on multiple sites and then it becomes easy to identify its location, working condition, and movement and accordingly decide for replacement, engagement, or procurement of a new one	[57]
Inventory management	RFID helps to control and acquire excess inventory as well as reduce generating waste by scraping as real-time data and information available helps the concerned authority to know the date of inspection and certification and know in advance the date of expiry.	[57]
	RFID also helps in tracking the prefabricated structural element from the factory to the construction site. This helps to reduce the problem of storage at the site, reduce labor costs, and save time. Element of human error is also eliminated with the use of RFID
Workforce management	RFID helps in identifying the number of workers on the job site with identities and their movement can be monitored through a workforce management station. One can easily identify several workers at a particular station, their expertise, and competency to accomplish a particular task, their demography, and codes that help to identify several jobs created at a particular location	[58]
Safety and security	Through RFID, a lot can be done for the safety and security of personnel working at a particular location. Restricted movement, unauthorized access to a particular site, evacuation plan in case of emergency, cleaning and restoring site through control access, etc. are possible using technology	[21]