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OSH elements in pre-construction.
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Unsatisfactory Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) in the construction industry has turned out to be an issue as it contributes to numbers of incidents and fatality to the construction players and public. Previous research suggested that early introduction of safety & health elements within the project implementation contributed towards minimising t...
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... review of the literature from journal articles and proceeding had been conducted to identify the OSH element during pre-construction stage. Table 3 shows on OSH element point out by previous researcher. Both of the elements, the "designer safety education & training" and the "contractor safety & health performance" were mention by more than one author. ...
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... By fostering partnerships between larger corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises, government agencies, and worker representatives, a more comprehensive and effective approach to OSH can be developed. Establishing industry-wide initiatives, such as joint training programs, shared monitoring and auditing systems, and knowledge-sharing platforms, can help to disseminate best practices and ensure that OSH is integrated throughout the entire supply chain (Napsiah & Faridah, 2012;Nor Azma et al., 2016;Ayob et al., 2021). ...
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... Where the correlation between the owner's experience and the project safety performance was looked at. In order to prevent accidents from happening in the first place, (Hare et al. 2006;Saifullah & Ismail, 2012) recommended including health and safety into pre-construction planning. Due to their dynamic and unique nature in comparison to other industries, some of these strategies don't function well with construction sites. ...
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... In Nigeria, specific assessment of safety elements during the pre-construction stage is limited (Umeokarfor, 2018b), however, researchers in other countries have made significant contributions to the existing body of knowledge. Kamar and Ahmad (2016) identified safety elements during the pre-construction and construction stage, while Saifullah and Ismail (2012) identified H&S elements during the pre-construction stage only. The summary of safety elements involved in the preconstruction stage is documented as presented in Table 1. ...
... Overall, the findings revealed that the views of the respondents on the various H&S elements during the three phases of pre-constructionconcept phase, feasibility phase and design and planning phasewere affected by the nature of their professions. The involvement of these professionals across the three phases of pre-construction is consistent with the study of Saifullah and Ismail (2012), which identify architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and other specialists as construction professionals involved throughout the pre-construction stage. However, this study further shows the level of consideration of H&S elements among the identified construction professionals. ...
Accidents and fatalities on construction sites impact construction project performance
and construction stakeholders negatively. Studies indicated that accident prevention
measures undertaken before the start of construction work can reduce workplace
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shows that identification of possible needs for projects, alignment of H&S policies for
projects, and identification of H&S hazards were the most considered H&S elements in
the concept phase. In the feasibility phase, feasibility study considering H&S risks, cost
evaluation of specific H&S items, and preparation of project brief including H&S
objectives and milestones were most considered. For the design phase, review of
construction strategy and H&S strategy update, development of H&S milestones for
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... This step also provides a formal approach to construction practitioners for development of schedules, costs, and scope of project. Moreover, pre-construction phase revolves around construction activities such as planning at inception, feasibility and design, tendering and procurement, and concludes the planning of project to complete with efficient and standardized manner to guarantee that government approvals, equipment, land, materials, tools, and human workforce will be available and functional for the completion of project within stipulated set of resources [5,23]. In addition, this step sets up the systems required for efficient management of project, say as tendering of contracts, procurement of materials, delivery and storage of materials, scheduling and tracking etc. ...
... Various construction players involved in pre-construction phases are listed in Table 1 where 1 shows involvement and 0 indicates no involvement of corresponding personal, in various stages of projects. As evident, the key resource persons involved in all three stages of this phase are engineer, planner, quantity surveyor and the owner/client [23]. ...
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Construction industry is dynamic in nature worldwide because of growing ambiguities in costs, techniques, and construction processes. The construction projects undergo various events and activities with change of stakeholders in constantly variable working environment. This is why, construction industry is one of the most hazardous industries with high rates of accidents, injuries, and deaths. This study aimed to review the role of management (owner/clients) in fostering occupational health and safety (OHS) in preconstruction phase of projects. The methodology adopted in this study focused on extensive review of literature related to roles of owner in fostering construction safety, including a process of identification and sorting of owner roles in planning, design, and tendering and procurement stages of project. The review of literature led to the identification of 55 roles of owner from 22 sources focusing on OHS in preconstruction phase of projects. The identified roles of owner were categorized according to three stages of preconstruction phase viz. planning, design, and tendering and procurement. Overall, 14 roles in planning, 19 roles in design, and 22 roles in tendering and procurement of construction projects, were identified for owner/client. In conclusion, role of owner in planning stage revolved around proactive identification of potential hazards which can influence the status of OHS at construction sites, while for the design, the roles included selection of safe designers utilizing safe design approaches with high precision, for designing out the risks identified in planning. Subsequently, owner roles in tendering and procurement stage encompassed correct selection and efficient management of contractors, provision of safety budget, and conduct of site inspections for compliance to safety requirements detailed by owner. The identification of and compliance to owner roles will improve the status of safety standards in global construction sector.
