Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites

Harun, AN; Bichard, E

Abstract

The use of Mobile Environmental Information System (MEIS) which integrates the use of mobile web,
devices and wireless sensor networks has the potential to enhance environmental information management and
communication processes among users and play an important role in field data acquisition and validation, to provide
real-time environmental data monitoring and, more importantly, to provide warning signs in the areas of construction
activities that require immediate corrective action. However, the understanding on the anticipated barriers for any
proposed systems that may arise during the implementation of the system are important to ensure the sustainability of
the systems in the long run. In this paper, this issue was addressed through the prototype demonstration and
evaluation sessions where the respondents had the opportunity to highlight the implementation barriers while testing
the functions of the ENSOCS web by using smartphones to perform the pre-defined tasks. As a result, the
practitioners in Malaysia and the UK had highlighted that these barriers include return on investment, operational
cost, legality issues, work procedures issues, technology and technical issues, technology adoption barriers and
network infrastructure. Therefore, from this research, the developers of mobile applications would obtain valuable
input with regards to understanding the requirements of construction environmental management teams as well as the
limitation for the implementation of MEIS within the construction industry.

Citation

Harun, A., & Bichard, E. (2015). Implementation barriers of mobile environmental system for environmental surveillance on construction sites. International journal of innovative research in science engineering and technology (Print), 4(5), 3139-3146. https://doi.org/10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0405092

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: May 1, 2015
• Publication Date: May 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 20, 2016
• Journal: International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
• Print ISSN: 2347-6710
• Electronic ISSN: 2319-8753
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 3139-3146
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.15680/IJIRSET.2015.0405092
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