Singapore’s Housing Development Board (HDB) implementing artificial intelligence surveillance system to monitor construction workers’ safety

Briefing

Singapore’s Housing Development Board (HDB) implementing artificial intelligence surveillance system to monitor construction workers’ safety

September 16, 2019

Briefing

  • Worker Surveillance System – Housing Development Board (HDB) of Singapore leveraging artificial intelligence and CCTV cameras to centralize and automate monitoring of safety of construction workers
  • Automated Monitoring – AI alerts supervisors when workers get near high risk zones, such as one meter from non-barricaded edges and within path of cranes carrying heavy loads
  • Advantages – Expands coverage, as well as reduces manual labor and human errors caused by fatigue
  • Testing – Trials undergoing at Clementi Peaks Build-to-Order (BTO) site since September 2019, which will end in 2020 Q4
  • Next Steps – If successful, system can expand to cover more areas, such as within pathway of vehicles, site traffic management and confined spaces
  • Research Partners – Include National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Design and Environment and AI Singapore

Accelerator

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices

Sector

Government (excluding military), Real Estate and Construction

Function

Human Resources, Operations, Manufacturing and Production

Organization

AI Singapore, Housing and Development Board (HDB), National University of Singapore

Source

Original Publication Date

September 15, 2019

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