Studying Physical and Cognitive Status of Construction Workers

This research documents an initial interdisciplinary effort to record and fuse the physiological and cognitive status of construction workers. Limited data exist informing how and to what extent construction work and activities impact both physical and cognitive ability. For this research under the management of eight researchers, nine cadets enrolled in the 2019 summer program at the field engineering and readiness laboratory (FERL) at the United States Air Force Academy volunteered to collect synchronous physiological, cognitive, and photographic data over a three-week period while they performed construction related activities. This paper documents research tasks, challenges related to data collection and analysis, as well as lessons learned. The contribution is to assist and inform future researchers interested in collecting and synthesizing physical and cognitive data related to construction activities.