TY - GEN
T1 - Potential of Virtual Reality Based Application for Students' Construction Planning, Sequencing, and Safety Planning Performance
AU - Shafiq, Muhammad Tariq
AU - Afzal, Muneeb
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study examined whether Virtual Reality (VR) technology affects the planning, sequencing, and safety planning of engineering students with a construction background. The sample for the study consisted of 20 engineering students currently enrolled at United Arab Emirates University. To determine whether the 4-D VR simulation of a building helps students' learn construction sequencing and scheduling and detect safety hazards, students were initially provided only with 2-D drawings of a project along with a lecture on how to determine construction sequencing and potential hazards of the project. In the next stage, they were provided with an opportunity to explore construction sequencing via a 4-D VR-based simulation. A mixed-method survey approach was used to determine whether VR is effective in comparison to traditional learning equipment (presentations, animations, lectures, and 2D drawings). The final feedback of the students pointed towards the efficiency of digital tools such as VR in increasing awareness for construction lifecycle processes such as construction and safety planning.
AB - This study examined whether Virtual Reality (VR) technology affects the planning, sequencing, and safety planning of engineering students with a construction background. The sample for the study consisted of 20 engineering students currently enrolled at United Arab Emirates University. To determine whether the 4-D VR simulation of a building helps students' learn construction sequencing and scheduling and detect safety hazards, students were initially provided only with 2-D drawings of a project along with a lecture on how to determine construction sequencing and potential hazards of the project. In the next stage, they were provided with an opportunity to explore construction sequencing via a 4-D VR-based simulation. A mixed-method survey approach was used to determine whether VR is effective in comparison to traditional learning equipment (presentations, animations, lectures, and 2D drawings). The final feedback of the students pointed towards the efficiency of digital tools such as VR in increasing awareness for construction lifecycle processes such as construction and safety planning.
KW - 4-D building information modeling (BIM)
KW - Construction sequencing
KW - Safety planning
KW - Virtual reality (VR)
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85125764986
T3 - ZEMCH International Conference
SP - 771
EP - 777
BT - ZEMCH 2021 - 8th Zero Energy Mass Custom Home International Conference, Proceedings
A2 - Tabet Aoul, Kheira Anissa
A2 - Shafiq, Mohammed Tariq
A2 - Attoye, Daniel Efurosibina
PB - ZEMCH Network
T2 - 8th Zero Energy Mass Custom Home International Conference, ZEMCH 2021
Y2 - 26 October 2021 through 28 October 2021
ER -
