Building and Construction

Officers

Chair

Behzad Esmaeili

Dr. Rohan & Mrs. Merle Phillips Rising Star Associate Professor

Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering

Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering

Purdue University

Email: besmaei@purdue.edu

Vice Chair

Chris Polaczuk

TechNZHFE

CHASNZ, Ergonomics program manager

Email: chrisp@chasnz.org

Contact Chris Polaczuk or Behzad Esmaeili for more information or to join this Technical Committee.

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Objectives

  1. To stimulate research and best practices in construction ergonomics
  2. To stimulate the publication of scientific articles in the area of construction ergonomics
  3. To support a network of experts who work partly or completely for the construction industry in any of the subfields of ergonomics
  4. To participate and/or organize collaborative events for researchers and practitioners in academia and industry to share recent results of projects, focusing on:
  • effectiveness of ergonomic measures
  • effectiveness of implementation strategies (e.g., knowledge dissemination, adoption of ergonomic measures, commitment of stakeholders like architects, principals, main contractors)

Recent Activities

The chair of the committee has distributed information related to the BC Technical Committee at:

  • IISE Annual Conference & Expo 2025
  • ASPIRE—The HFES International Annual Meeting, 2025
  • 16th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2025)
  • Safety CBA group at The Construction Industry Institute

The chair of the committee has also organized the following two webinars:

Webinar #1

  • Title: Advancing Construction Safety through AI and Computer Vision: Ergonomic Assessment and Real-Time Monitoring.
  • Speaker: Dr. Shupin Xiong (shupingx@kaist.ac.kr), professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST).
  • Time: Friday, 26th September 2025, 1 PM UTC (60 mins)
  • Attendance: 30 participants
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=761pFqK9KOM&t=3s

Webinar #2

  • Title: AI-Assisted Ergonomics: Applications for Preventing WMSD and Fall Risks.
  • Speaker: Dr. SangHyun Lee (shdpm@umich.edu), Robert B Harris Collegiate Professor, John L Tishman Faculty Scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan.
  • Time: Friday, 12th December 2025, 3 PM UTC (60 mins)
  • Attendance: 50 participants
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPwzK2QOamg

Activities planned for the following year 2026:

The Building and Construction TC will host at least two webinars this year and represent the committee at HFES, IISE, and CRC conferences.

 

Members of the Technical Committee at IEW Korea 2024

 

2023 Building and Construction TC Annual Report

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2020 Building and Construction TC Annual Report

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2015 Building and Construction TC Annual Report

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2007 Building and Construction TC Annual  Report

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