Investigating the difficulties of implementing safety practices in international construction projects

Gao, Ran; Chan, Albert P.C.; Lyu, Sainan; Zahoor, Hafız; Utama, Wahyudi P.

doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2018.04.018

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“…Most existing studies Zahoor et al, 2017) on safety climate and safety culture have been set on the context of a specific country, with limited extending the framework for cross-country validation or international comparison. Nevertheless, it is an important issue of implementing safety practice in international construction projects (Gao et al, 2018) and sharing the safety experience crossing countries (Gibb et al, 2014).…”

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A science mapping approach based review of construction safety research

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This study adopted a three-step holistic review approach consisting of bibliometric review, scientometric analysis, and in-depth discussion to gain a deeper understanding of the research development in construction safety. Focusing on a total of 513 journal articles published in Scopus, the influential journals, keywords, scholars, and articles in the domain of construction safety were analyzed. For example, simulation and fall from height related topics, although not with the highest occurrence of being studied, had the highest impact in terms of average citation received per year. It was found that research in the recent 10 years have been extended to the developing countries and regions with a more variety of research topics, such as BIM, and data mining, etc. Articles related to applying BIM in safety management received the highest average normalized citation. A follow-up qualitative discussion targeted three main objectives: summarizing mainstream research topics, identifying existing research gaps, and proposing future research directions. Five main categories were aligned, namely safety climate and safety culture, application of information technologies, worker-oriented safety, safety management program, and hazard recognition and risk assessment. Based on the above, a framework and future research directions were proposed which could serve both the academic community and practical fields in multiple themes within construction safety, including: an adaptable safety climate and safety culture model; prototypes, continuous development, and readiness of 31 applying information technologies in safety management; subgroups factors linked to cognitive 32 models of workers' safety perceptions and behaviors; and artificial intelligence and smart 33 technologies into safety program management. 34

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“…Olson et al (2016) developed easy-to-use toolbox materials for supervisors. As well as their effectiveness, difficulties in achieving global implementation of safety practices were examined (Gao et al, 2018). Safety leadership is a significantly influential factor for the proper implementation of SMS.…”

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An Association Rule Mining Model for the Assessment of the Correlations Between the Attributes of Severe Accidents

Ayhan

Doğan

Tokdemir

2020

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Identifying the correlations between the attributes of severe accidents could be vital to preventing them. If such relationships were known dynamically, it would be possible to take preventative actions against accidents. The paper aims to develop an analytical model that is adaptable for each type of data to create preventative measures that will be suitable for any computational systems. The present model collectively shows the relationships between the attributes in a coherent manner to avoid severe accidents. In this respect, Association Rule Mining (ARM) is used as the technique to identify the correlations between the attributes. The research adopts a positivist approach to adhere to the factual knowledge concerning nine different accident types through case studies and quantitative measurements in an objective nature. ARM was exemplified with nine different types of construction accidents to validate the adaptability of the proposed model. The results show that each accident type has different characteristics with varying combinations of the attribute, and analytical model accomplished to accommodate variation through the dataset. Ultimately, professionals can identify the cause-effect relationships effectively and set up preventative measures to break the link between the accident causing factors.

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“…Construction projects, especially those building infrastructures, are booming in developing countries such as China, and have contributed greatly to social-economic development over the past few decades. Due to the complexity of the building environment during the construction stage, safety hazards are typically severe and pose enormous challenges to sustainable project delivery [1,2,3]. The safety levels of China’s construction industry are recognized to be deteriorating.…”

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Impacts of Lean Construction on Safety Systems: A System Dynamics Approach

Yuan

Wang

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IJERPH

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Lean construction has been viewed as an effective management approach for reducing the occurrence of no-value or destructive activities, such as wasting resources and safety-related accidents. However, few studies have systematically addressed how and to what extent lean construction practices influence construction safety. To bridge this gap, a conceptual model is developed and validated using a system dynamics approach. The construction system in this model comprises four sub-systems (i.e., environment system, equipment system, management system, and employee system). Data were collected from 448 projects in China. Simulations were conducted to determine the correlations between five types of lean tools and the four construction sub-systems. The results show that: (a) 5S management has significant positive impacts on the control of key locations and facilities at construction sites, and contributes to the mitigation of environmental impacts; (b) visual management can significantly improve safety compliance and safety management; (c) just-in-time management has significantly positive influences on the safety facilities layout and formulation of the safety plan; and (d) the Last Planner® System and conference management are effective in improving safety training and the implementation of the safety plan. These findings provide new insights into the use of lean construction for improving construction safety through the implementation of a targeted lean approach.

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Investigating the difficulties of implementing safety practices in international construction projects

Cited by 31 publications

References 41 publications

A science mapping approach based review of construction safety research

A science mapping approach based review of construction safety research

An Association Rule Mining Model for the Assessment of the Correlations Between the Attributes of Severe Accidents

Impacts of Lean Construction on Safety Systems: A System Dynamics Approach

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