This study investigated the operation status of major construction machines used in domestic construction sites and analyzed the characteristics of noise generated by these machines. In addition, we tried to understand the impact of construction machine noise on the working environment and the surrounding environment. As a result of the analysis, the noise level of the working breaker was the highest at 101.5 dB(A). This suggests that it can act as a major factor in the spread of noise to the residence around the construction site and the occurrence of civil complaints from residents. Therefore, this study is expected to provide a scientific basis for the noise problem of construction machinery and be used as basic data for effective noise management policies and system improvement.
To investigate the national science and technology policy direction in the field of construction machinery, an analysis was conducted on projects selected as national research and development (R&D) initiatives by the government. Assuming that the project titles contain key keywords, text mining was employed to substantiate this assumption. Project information data spanning nine years from 2014 to 2022 was collected through the National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS). To observe changes over time, the years were divided into three-year sections. To analyze research trends efficiently, keywords were categorized into groups: ‘equipment,’ ‘smart,’ and ‘eco-friendly.’ Based on the collected data, keyword frequency analysis, N-gram analysis, and topic modeling were performed. The research findings indicate that domestic government R&D in the construction machinery field primarily focuses on smart-related research and development. Specifically, investments in monitoring systems and autonomous operation technologies are increasing. This study holds significance in analyzing objective research trends through the utilization of big data analysis techniques and is expected to contribute to future research and development planning, strategic formulation, and project management.
The scale of construction industry recently tends to become bigger and larger in line with development of construction technologies and methods. Although increasing usage of construction machinery has led to improving productivity, reducing schedule and cost, constructions workers have been exposed to unstable work environment, causing more and more accidents. Construction machinery-related laws and regulations has not been enacted and reflected the conditions and circumstances of the construction industry in a timely manner. A various construction machinery and equipments produced and changed in structure randomly are so widely used that related-accidents may occure gradually. Propose a plan for accidents prevention through the analysis of characteristics and cases on construction machinery-related accidents over the past five years from 2009 to 2013.