From Sensors to Safety: A Systematic Review of IoT Detection Solutions in Construction Management

The construction industry remains a high-risk workplace due to safety issues and dynamically changing work sites. The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as an important tool to improve safety management through real-time monitoring and predictive risk analysis. The growing usage of IoT-based detection systems, such as wearable technology and sensors, improves worker safety and lowers the risk rate of incidents. The three most frequently mentioned challenges in IoT adoption are high implementation and maintenance costs, device limitations, and data security and privacy. However, there is a significant barrier to long-term adoption that includes workforce training and employee safety culture. Other emerging technologies have been integrated with the Internet of Things (IoT) for better automation, like artificial intelligence, edge computing, cloud computing, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Augmented Reality (AR/VR). This review contributes to highlighting the necessity of maintaining a balance between organizational readiness and technological advancements to achieve sustainable IoT adoption for construction safety management.