Impact Of Safety Management Practices Enforcement Toward Employee Safety In Construction Industry

Many studies have been conducted in relation with knowledge management (KM), indicating the benefit associated with KM; among which safety management (SM) improvement is one of them. So, the aim of this article is to assess the influence of KM on SM practices in construction industry. In this regard, various factors that affect KM and SM are identified through literature review. Then, a questionnaire survey was facilitated to collect data based on the identified factors. These factors are ranked using a relative importance index (RII) to ascertain the level of importance among its group. Further, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis are carried out to test and measure the strength of the relationship between KM and SM factors. Results indicate that there exists a definite and significant relationship between the factors of KM and SM in construction industry. Overall, the results obtained from the study will assist practitioners and professionals to develop and upgrade KM and SM practices in construction industry.

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Improving construction safety with virtual-design construction technologies – a review

Journal of Information Technology in Construction ◽

10.36680/j.itcon.2021.018 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 ◽

pp. 319-340

Author(s):

Muneeb Afzal ◽

Muhammad Tariq Shafiq ◽

Hammad Al Jassmi

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Management Practices ◽

Safety Management ◽

Construction Safety ◽

Information Modeling ◽

Virtual Design ◽

Holistic View ◽

Safety Research ◽

Construction Safety Management ◽

Design Construction

The construction industry is prone to major safety hazards owing to the complex and onsite nature of construction projects. Hence, construction researchers have been pursuing concepts, methods, and tools using advancing technologies to improve construction safety management. Subsequently, the rapid digitization of construction work practices is providing opportunities to improve construction safety. Research has revealed that construction safety management practices can benefit from the applications of virtual design construction technologies (VDC), such as building information modeling (BIM), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), geographic information systems (GIS), and gaming technology. This study comprehensively reviews 191 research articles, published between 2010 and 2019, focusing on providing an overview of the implementation and application of VDC technologies for improving construction safety. The objective of this review is to critically collect and analyze applications of VDC technologies and present a holistic view of the features and functions of VDC technologies that can impact jobsite safety improvement in the construction industry. The review showed that VDC technologies can substantially improve construction safety. Emerging digital technologies, such as BIM, VR, AR, GIS, and gaming technologies can transform the traditional document-oriented safety procedures into digitalized safety practices allowing safety managers to visualize and analysis construction sites virtually to devise proactive safety measures and effective safety trainings. This study also highlights challenges such as research gaps regarding these digital tools that are currently impeding their widespread use in construction safety.

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Potential of Virtual Design Construction Technologies to Improve Job-Site Safety in Gulf Corporation Council

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12093826 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 3826

Author(s):

Muhammad Tariq Shafiq ◽

Muneeb Afzal

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Management Practices ◽

Safety Management ◽

Safety Information ◽

Digital Design ◽

Information Modeling ◽

Virtual Design ◽

Evacuation Plans ◽

Job Site ◽

Design Construction

With the advancement of digital design practices in the global construction industry, different aspects related to the project lifecycle are extracting their benefits, including making improvements in safety. The objective of this paper is to ascertain the awareness of these technologies, their potential, and any barriers related to the use of different virtual design construction (VDC) tools, such as building information modeling, virtual reality, augmented reality, and geographic information systems, to improve job-site safety in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The paper presents an overview of the GCC construction industry and highlights current safety management practices and problems in the region. The potential of VDC tools for improving job-site safety is discussed and presented. The study has used a questionnaire survey to identify the drivers and barriers of using VDC tools in improving job-site safety management in the GCC region. The results indicated that “designing emergency and evacuation plans” and “fall-hazard prevention strategies” are the two best safety applications of these tools if used proactively. Similarly, “lack of knowledge about return on investment for VDC tools” was considered as the predominant barrier, preventing stakeholders from using these technologies to improve construction safety. These results will help the GCC construction industry to build a strategy for the digitalization of proactive constructability analysis techniques for improving job-site safety. Overall, due to the multilingual dynamics of this region, it is recommended that VDC tools should become more prevalent so that the transfer of safety information and hazard prevention becomes easier, mitigating safety risks.

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Knowledge Management Influence on Safety Management Practices

10.4018/978-1-6684-2405-6.ch050 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 996-1020

Author(s):

M.D. Deepak ◽

Mahesh Gangadhar ◽

Medi Narotham Kumar

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Management Practices ◽

Safety Management ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Relative Importance ◽

Importance Index ◽

The Relationship ◽

Level Of Importance

Many studies have been conducted in relation with knowledge management (KM), indicating the benefit associated with KM; among which safety management (SM) improvement is one of them. So, the aim of this article is to assess the influence of KM on SM practices in construction industry. In this regard, various factors that affect KM and SM are identified through literature review. Then, a questionnaire survey was facilitated to collect data based on the identified factors. These factors are ranked using a relative importance index (RII) to ascertain the level of importance among its group. Further, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis are carried out to test and measure the strength of the relationship between KM and SM factors. Results indicate that there exists a definite and significant relationship between the factors of KM and SM in construction industry. Overall, the results obtained from the study will assist practitioners and professionals to develop and upgrade KM and SM practices in construction industry.

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