**2. Problem statement**

Jobsite safety management performance can be enhanced by using RFID technology for in‐ formation sharing and communication. There are many jobsite safety checkpoints locations need for tracked and inspected for jobsite safety management. Information acquisition prob‐ lems in inspection management follow from information being gathered from jobsite safety checkpoints locations. The effectiveness of information and data acquisition influences the efficiency of jobsite inspection management. Usually, project managers and safety staff members generally use sheets of paper and/or field notes for jobsite safety inspection prog‐ ress in Taiwan construction jobsite. Restated, existing means of processing information and accumulating data are not only time-consuming and ineffective, but also compromise jobsite safety management in information acquisition. Such means of communicating information between jobsite safety checkpoints locations and jobsite office, and among all participants, are ineffective and inconvenient. The primary problems in inspection regarding to data cap‐ ture and sharing based on experts interviews are as follows: (1) the efficiency and quality are low, especially in the safety inspection progress in construction jobsite through docu‐ ment-based media, (2) there are serious rework progress regarding the data capture and in‐ put in safety inspection progress, and (3) there are serious problems regarding to inspection information collection and responding during safety inspection progress. However, few suitable platforms are developed to assist jobsite office with capturing and sharing the job‐ site safety inspection information when jobsite office needs to handle inspection information and inspection management work. Therefore, to capture data effective and enhance inspec‐ tion information collection and respond in construction jobsite will be primary and signifi‐ cant challenge in the study.

### **3. Research objectives**

This study utilizes the RFID and web technology to enhance the inspection management progress and effectiveness in jobsite safety management. This system is controlled by the management division, and provides project managers and safety staff members with realtime checkpoints-related information-sharing services, enabling them to dynamically re‐ spond to the entire jobsite safety management network. This study develops Mobile RFIDbased Safety Inspection Management (RFIDSIM) system to improve efficiency and costeffectiveness of jobsite safety management, improve practical communication among participants, and increase flexibility in terms of service delivery and response times. RFID‐ SIM system is a web-based system for effectively integrating managers, safety staff members and relative members, to enhance the jobsite safety management in the construction. Utiliz‐ ing smartphone with NFC technologies can extend RFIDSIM systems from offices to jobsite safety checkpoints locations. Data collection efficiency can also be enhanced using RFID-en‐ abled smartphone with NFC technology to enter and edit data on the jobsite safety check‐ points locations. By using web technology and RFID-enabled smartphone with NFC technologies, the RFIDSIM system for the management division has tremendous potential to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of information respond and management, thus streamlining services jobsite safety management processes with other participants. The por‐ tal and RFID-enabled smartphone with NFC technology enable safety staff members to up‐ date data from the jobsite safety checkpoints locations and immediately upload it to the system; project managers can receive inspection information and make better decisions re‐ garding future jobsite safety management and control. The main purposes of this study in‐ clude (1) developing a framework for a mobile jobsite safety inspection system; (2) applying such a system that integrates RFID-enabled smartphone with NFC technology to increase the efficiency of safety inspection data collection in the jobsite, and (3) designing a webbased portal for jobsite safety management and control, providing real-time information and wireless communication between jobsite office and jobsite safety checkpoints locations. Figure 1 illustrates solutions used in a polite test utilized RFIDSIM system in Taiwan con‐ struction jobsite. With appropriate modifications, the RFIDSIM system can be utilized at any jobsite safety inspection and management application in construction.

**Figure 1.** RFIDSIM System Framework Overview

Integrating Near field communication (NFC) technology and mobile devices such as NFC Smartphone, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) scanning and data entry mechanisms, can help improve the effectiveness and convenience of information flow in the safety inspec‐ tion management. The combined results demonstrate that, an RFIDSIM system can be a use‐ ful mobile RFID-based jobsite safety management platform by utilizing the NFC and web technologies. With appropriate modifications, the RFIDSIM system can be utilized at any jobsite inspection and management progress for jobsite safety management divisions or sup‐

Jobsite safety management performance can be enhanced by using RFID technology for in‐ formation sharing and communication. There are many jobsite safety checkpoints locations need for tracked and inspected for jobsite safety management. Information acquisition prob‐ lems in inspection management follow from information being gathered from jobsite safety checkpoints locations. The effectiveness of information and data acquisition influences the efficiency of jobsite inspection management. Usually, project managers and safety staff members generally use sheets of paper and/or field notes for jobsite safety inspection prog‐ ress in Taiwan construction jobsite. Restated, existing means of processing information and accumulating data are not only time-consuming and ineffective, but also compromise jobsite safety management in information acquisition. Such means of communicating information between jobsite safety checkpoints locations and jobsite office, and among all participants, are ineffective and inconvenient. The primary problems in inspection regarding to data cap‐ ture and sharing based on experts interviews are as follows: (1) the efficiency and quality are low, especially in the safety inspection progress in construction jobsite through docu‐ ment-based media, (2) there are serious rework progress regarding the data capture and in‐ put in safety inspection progress, and (3) there are serious problems regarding to inspection information collection and responding during safety inspection progress. However, few suitable platforms are developed to assist jobsite office with capturing and sharing the job‐ site safety inspection information when jobsite office needs to handle inspection information and inspection management work. Therefore, to capture data effective and enhance inspec‐ tion information collection and respond in construction jobsite will be primary and signifi‐

This study utilizes the RFID and web technology to enhance the inspection management progress and effectiveness in jobsite safety management. This system is controlled by the management division, and provides project managers and safety staff members with realtime checkpoints-related information-sharing services, enabling them to dynamically re‐

pliers in support of the RFIDSIM system.

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**2. Problem statement**

cant challenge in the study.

**3. Research objectives**
