Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-60872-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 338 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 735 g

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety and wellbeing in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Facility Management sector.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Umeokafor, Nnedinma

Emuze, Fidelis

Che Ibrahim, Che Khairil Izam

Sunindijo, Riza Yosia

Umar, Tariq

Windapo, Abimbola

Teizer, Jochen

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Bauindustrie, Baugewerbe
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Umweltmedizin
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Health, Safety, and Wellbeing in Every Brick: Scaffolding Success

PART 1 Drivers of the business case for healthier and safer construction

Chapter 2 Delivering a Health-Supportive Environment: A Key Role and Responsibility for the Construction Industry

Chapter 3 Drivers of the Continuous Improvement of the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Construction Workers: A Social Ecological Model

Chapter 4 A Continuous Improvement Model for Indonesian Construction Workers’ Mental Health

PART 2 Opportunities and drivers of digital technologies for improving health and safety

Chapter 5 Wearable Sensing Devices for Better Monitoring of Health, Safety, and Wellbeing in Construction

Chapter 6 Exploring the Role of Building Information Modeling in Prevention through Design Practices: The Findings in Malaysia’s Construction Industry

Chapter 7 Employing BIM to Improve Construction Safety

Chapter 8 Drivers of Immersive Technologies in Construction Health and Safety Education and Training

PART 3 Drivers of human factors for improving health and safety

Chapter 9 What Is the Safety·Value Exchange in Modern Chinese Megaprojects: A Stakeholder Value Network Approach

Chapter 10 Analysing the Impact of Resilient Safety Culture in Construction Projects Using Interpretive Structural Modelling

Chapter 11 Personal Characteristics Influencing Construction Workers’ Unsafe Behaviour

Chapter 12 Practical Strategies for Mitigating Accidents in the Construction Industry: A Case Study of South Africa

Chapter 13 Protocol for Evaluating Flexible Horizontal Lifeline Systems in Building Construction

PART 4 Drivers of safer design and procurement

Chapter 14 Navigating Design for Safety Education: A Framework of Diffusion and Implementation Barriers

Chapter 15 A Cost·Benefit Analysis of Construction Safety Implementation in Developing Countries

PART 5 Drivers of better health and wellbeing for construction

Chapter 16 Designing for Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing: A South African Perspective

Chapter 17 Work·Life Conflict Experienced by South African Construction Professionals

Chapter 18 Job Stressors and Coping Strategies of Chinese Construction Consulting Engineers

Chapter 19 Stress Management in Construction: A Driver of Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Improvement

PART 6 Opportunities for driving equality and inclusivity for safer construction

Chapter 20 Understanding Young Construction Workers’ Perceptions and Stakeholder Preferences for Promoting Their Health and Wellbeing

Chapter 21 Promoting and Protecting the Positive Mental Health of Young Construction Personnel

Chapter 22 Understanding the Principles and Safety Implications of Neurodiversity in the Design of Professional Construction Workplaces

Conclusion

Chapter 23 Lessons Learnt and Way Forward: Over to You

Über Autor(innen)

Nnedinma Umeokafor, PhD, FHEA, FAPM, MCIOB, is a Chartered Construction Manager, an Executive Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), and Programme Director and Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, London UK. While Health Safety and Wellbeing is Dr Umeokafor's main area of research, other areas are not limited to regulation and compliance; construction and project management; equality, diversity and inclusion; and higher education research.

Fidelis A. Emuze, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the Department of Built Environment at the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT), South Africa. Lean construction, health, safety, and sustainability constitute the primary research interest of Dr Emuze, who is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C rated researcher that has published over 250 research outputs and received over 25 awards and recognitions.

Jochen Teizer, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) where his research seeks injury-free, lean, and green construction work environments. He earned a PhD from The University of Texas at Austin in 2006 and a Dipl.-Ing. from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2002. Prof. Teizer is the Director of the Construction Automation and Information Technologies Laboratory at DTU and Vice-President of Industry Membership and Outreach for the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC).

Abimbola Windapo, PhD, is a Professor at the Department of Construction Economics and Management, University of Cape Town, with more than 34 years of experience in practice, teaching, and research in the construction industry and projects. She has held various teaching and administrative positions at the University of Cape Town and the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and gained professional experience as a construction professional at Bouygues Nigeria Ltd and in private consulting.

Riza Yosia Sunindijo, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Built Environment, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, Australia. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Master of Engineering in Construction Management from Petra Christian University, Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management from Asian Institute of Technology, and a PhD from UNSW.

Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim, PhD, P. Tech, is a Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, where he is currently the Head of School. He holds a PhD Degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Tariq Umar PhD, EUR ING, completed his PhD degree in construction management from London South Bank University and registered as a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng) with Engineering Council UK. He has more than 18 years of international experience involving different positions in industry and academia. He is an approved mentor of the Institution of Civil Engineers and helps graduate engineers to become professionally qualified engineers.