REAL-TIME PRO-ACTIVE SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION

REAL-TIME PRO-ACTIVE SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION                       
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has provided the financial support for
this project through award number CMMI #0800858. NSF’s support is gratefully
acknowledged.
I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Jochen Teizer, for this opportunity to
complete my Masters of Civil Engineering degree at Georgia Tech – your faith in my
skills has instilled confidence in my abilities and enriched this research. Thanks to my
family and friends who have supported my efforts towards this degree. Thanks to all my
lab partners who have been there by my side each and every day – Clare Fullerton, Jeff
Bohn, Manu Venugopal, Tao Cheng, Uday Mantripragada, John Patrick O’har, Arya
Sedehi, Kenneth Bailey, and Willy Brown. Thanks to my committee members Dr.
Ioannis Brilakis and Dr. Daniel Castro for their assistance. Thanks to the Leica
Geosystems personnel who assisted with equipment problems and the like – Lee Meeks,
Matthew Mizell, and Angelique Ortega. Thanks to Andy Udell and Zachariah Worley
for their general help in building important gadgets for my research. Thanks to C.W.
Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. for their contributions in providing access to the
construction site to measure the proximity devices and laser scans of the heavy
equipment analyzed in this research. Thanks to Shaw Constructors for access to their
construction site to measure the proximity devices. Thanks to all whom I have forgotten
to mention, but contributed to my research success. And last but not least, thanks to God
for giving me my talent and character to blend into the Georgia Tech community and
help I myself find my niche.