2017
DOI: 10.9790/1813-0604013247
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Assessment of materials waste in the construction industry: A view of Construction Operatives, Tradesmen and Artisans in Nigeria.

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“…Construction firms and specialist contractors, building and real estate investors, construction professionals and experts, and skilled and unskilled workers, would naturally be attracted to areas or regions with high job opportunities. The construction tradespeople were considered in this study because they are the workers that are physically and directly involved in the execution of the works and production of the finished buildings and other construction-related structures (Eze et al, 2017). Furthermore, these workers interact amongst themselves, and with materials, machinery, equipment, and tools in the course of discharging their duties.…”
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“…Construction firms and specialist contractors, building and real estate investors, construction professionals and experts, and skilled and unskilled workers, would naturally be attracted to areas or regions with high job opportunities. The construction tradespeople were considered in this study because they are the workers that are physically and directly involved in the execution of the works and production of the finished buildings and other construction-related structures (Eze et al, 2017). Furthermore, these workers interact amongst themselves, and with materials, machinery, equipment, and tools in the course of discharging their duties.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The tradespeople were divided into their various trades (that is, by stratification), and their opinions on the subject purposively sampled. The target respondents were stratified using the grouping of Eze et al (2017). These groups (strata) of construction site workers are; (1) Group 1 -Concreters/Mason/Bricklayers, (2) Group 2 -Steel benders/fixers, (3) Group 3 -Carpenters, (4) Group 4 -Services Operators (Plumbers & Electricians), and (5) Group 5-Finishers (Tillers, Painters).…”
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“…The professionals are the majority of the key built environment experts' employees of both the contracting and sub-contracting organisations (Eze et al, 2020). Tradespeople were considered because they are the category of workers that are physically and directly involved in executing the construction works and production of the finished building (Eze et al, 2017). Also, the common trades in building construction are masonry, carpentry, iron bending and steel fixing, painting, tiling, electrical fittings and plumbing; these trades are associated with medium to high occupational health and safety risks (Okoye, 2018).…”
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