Factors influencing health and safety performance at construction sites in Ghana: the perspective of building artisans

Boakye, Maxwell; Adanu, Selase Kofi; Adzivor, Eric Kodzo; Coffie, George Harrison; Ayimah, John Coker

doi:10.1080/10803548.2022.2112444

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“…Boakye et al (2023) selected 55 indicators and used exploratory factor analysis to investigate factors influencing safety performance. However, these models did not consider heterogeneity in regression analysis [33]. They failed to consider the potential for structural changes in how different factors impact safety efficiency across various value ranges, leading to reduced estimation accuracy of the effects of various factors on safety efficiency.…”

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Assessing Safety Efficiency in China’s Provincial Construction Industry: Trends, Influences, and Implications

Wang,

Zhao,

2024

Buildings

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Ensuring safety is crucial for promoting the sustainable growth of the construction industry. Assessing safety efficiency is of significant importance for optimizing safety management processes and improving the safety environment. However, the current mainstream methods for evaluating safety efficiency have limitations such as ignoring non-desired outputs and slack variables, the efficiency values being limited to the (0, 1) range, and a narrow perspective. To address these shortcomings, this study focuses on the characteristics of the construction industry and introduces the Super-SBM model and Malmquist index into the assessment of safety efficiency in the construction industry. The study analyzes the evolution characteristics of safety efficiency from both static and dynamic perspectives. Furthermore, using panel quantile regression models, the study identifies the factors influencing safety efficiency and analyzes their heterogeneity. Analyzing panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2015 to 2021, the results show that the overall safety efficiency of the construction industry in China is relatively low, with noticeable spatial clustering characteristics. Provinces in the eastern and central regions exhibit higher levels of construction safety efficiency. The Malmquist index demonstrates a declining trend, with technical efficiency being the primary factor limiting the improvement of safety efficiency in construction. Factors such as per capita GDP, urbanization rate, committed contract amounts, and the number of professionals engaged in survey and design, as well as engineering supervision, have an impact on construction safety efficiency, and the effects of these variables vary across different quantile levels of safety efficiency. This research can assist decision-makers in gaining a better understanding of the safety conditions in different regions of the construction industry. It can also assist in developing customized policies to enhance the health and safety environment, thereby promoting the stable development of the construction industry.

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Assessing Safety Efficiency in China’s Provincial Construction Industry: Trends, Influences, and Implications

Wang,

Zhao,

2024

Buildings

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“…As a result, it is critical to mitigate these detrimental effects and guarantee sustainable development (SD). Historically, the industry has depended significantly on artisanal procedures, which have been linked to low performance and quality [3]. The sluggish rate of invention and creativity in the sector is a result of the adverse economic, social, and environmental effects of the sector, including low margins of profit, expense overruns, and considerable project delays, as well as high accident rates and unfavorable job conditions.…”

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Thematic Trends in Industry 4.0 Revolution Potential towards Sustainability in the Construction Industry

Zairul

Zaremohzzabieh

2023

Sustainability

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The construction industry is currently facing challenges because of the massive waste generated by its production processes. The climate agreement also requires the industry to meet the increasing demand for sustainable building materials to achieve the energy transition. As a result, the construction industry is looking for alternative ways to meet these sustainability challenges. The implementation of the fourth industrial revolution (IR4.0) can be an opportunity for the construction industry to become more sustainable. Therefore, this paper aims to (i) ensure a detailed assessment of the existing challenges and (ii) identify the potential implementation of IR4.0 technologies in the construction industry. A set of criteria was established for searching and screening papers from three major databases (Scopus, WoS, and Mendeley), and 58 eligible articles were included in the current study. Using ATLAS.ti 22 software, a thematic analysis was conducted, and the final six themes were determined based on problems and challenges, technology and tools, information technology, consulting and business, construction management, and education. In addition, this paper identified potential prospective study paths. It is expected that the results will be useful for the future direction of the industry in addressing the challenges of IR4.0.

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A stochastic catastrophe model of construction site safety hazards supervision and its resilience

Guo,

Liang,

Lei

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Energy

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Factors influencing health and safety performance at construction sites in Ghana: the perspective of building artisans

Cited by 5 publications

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Assessing Safety Efficiency in China’s Provincial Construction Industry: Trends, Influences, and Implications

Assessing Safety Efficiency in China’s Provincial Construction Industry: Trends, Influences, and Implications

Thematic Trends in Industry 4.0 Revolution Potential towards Sustainability in the Construction Industry

A stochastic catastrophe model of construction site safety hazards supervision and its resilience

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