Supporting participatory practices in ship design and construction - Challenges and opportunities
Paper in proceeding, 2016

The maritime shipping industry is a safety-critical domain where onboard work organization continues to evolve with advancing technologies. Recent research has revealed that altering operational conditions and task demands are not supported or optimized by typical onboard working environments. The application of ergonomics and participatory design practices in ship design and construction is generally not well supported by regulation or implemented by designers. The purpose of this paper is to systematically analyse the potential of practical application of ergonomics and participatory design practices in ship design and construction. SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) and PEST (political, economic, social and technological) analyses were used to investigate the internal, and of particular interest, the external macro-environmental factors of the shipping industry which influence the success of ergonomics applications in ship development processes.

Shipbuilding

Accident prevention

Author

Steven Mallam

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Nautical Studies

Monica Lundh

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Nautical Studies

Scott MacKinnon

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Nautical Studies

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

10711813 (ISSN)

1003-1007

Subject Categories

Vehicle Engineering

DOI

10.1177/1541931213601233

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