Construction stakeholders' awareness towards the application of virtual reality for safety training / Muhammad Hanif Azhan Zainal Abiddin

The construction industry is known for its dangerous works and high risks, especially on-site. There are lots of fatal injuries in the construction industry all over the world. Malaysia is no exception from it, and lots of evidence can be seen throughout the news and articles regarding this issue. The problems that being outlined in this research are the lack of awareness regarding virtual reality’s technology existence, perceptions towards virtual reality technology and cost to implement virtual reality. This research aims to know the level of awareness in applying virtual reality to train labours. There are three objectives in this study. Firstly, to determine the importance of safety in construction sites. Secondly, to identify the barriers of implementing virtual reality technology to train labours in the construction industry. Thirdly, to investigate the level of awareness in applying virtual reality for safety training. Questionnaire survey method is used for this study and the data collected is analysed using SPSS software. Research is done in Sarawak because it is easier and faster to reach the respondents as well as to improve and solve this safety issue in Sarawak. The respondents of this research are construction stakeholders such as contractors, consultants and developers.