Estimating the Physical Demand of Waterproofing Worker

  • Lim, Tae-Kyung (School of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Eun (School of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University)
  • Published : 2015.10.11

Abstract

Scientific methods that measure the physical demand requirements of a construction operation have not been arrived at maturity in construction community. It is attributed to the difficulty involved in performing controlled experiments on the operation and its' volatile jobsite environment. This paper presents a method that measures the physical demand requirement of the waterproofing activity and verifies the differences between various operations (e.g., a primer painting and a polyurethane coating) consisting of the activity. Two hypotheses, which are involved in the operations, are summarized as follows: [Hypothesis 1] when one performs the same amount of work; the one's average heart rate required for the polyurethane coating operation is higher than that required for the primer painting operation. [Hypothesis 2] when one performs the same amount of work, the one's break time required for the polyurethane coating operation is longer than that required for the primer painting operation.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by a grant (14CTAP-C078855-01) from Technology Advancement Research Program (TARP) funded by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korean government