Research Report 173 Development of a knowledge based system to deliver health and safety information to designers in the construction industry

Publication Year

2003

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Describes the development of a prototype knowledge based system to incorporate health and safety issues at the design stage. The system provides easy access to relevant health and safety information, either standalone or interactively within a CAD tool, and also allows the designer to add new properties, that are relevant to health and safety, to building objects in their designs. The development included an investigation into the viability of a system that will carry out checks on a design to establish if it contains any health and safety risks. A prototype tool check designs, and any risks found are alerted to the designer, together with information on how to reduce the risk or remove the hazard completely.

Document History

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ISBN

9780717627813

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