Use of new media applications to enhance digitalization for more effective project delivery

• Main Author: Liu, Shicheng
• Other Authors: -
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/148902
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study aims to prove that the availability of new media in the construction industry and trying to find out the proper applications of new media in elevating the construction project. Besides, this report also aims to find out the relationship between certain factors that may influence the outcome of new media applications. After the analysis of the current trending applications of different types of new media, a chart of comparison came out, showing that the video gaming may have application prospects in the construction industry, because of its effect on improving workers’ performance and stimulating workers to remember safety rules. The second part of the report is about the design of the video gaming for construction workers and the survey which is done at the construction site. The test and survey on construction site are assessing on the game applications which aims to improve the safety awareness of the workers at the site and improve their performance in the work. The result of the survey shows that the purpose of the game has been achieved and the great prospect of the new media application in the construction industry. Besides, several relationships between workers and the video gaming applications have been discovered after the data analysis and these relationships show a great guide for the future development of the same type of game in the construction industry.