Yi Tong Kum, Jeffrey Boon Hui Yap, Yoke Lian Lew, Wah Peng Lee
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COVID-19 health and safety challenges on construction sites: unfolding novel dimensions for construction industries in developing countries
AbstractA sudden COVID-19 outbreak has significantly impacted construction site health and safety (H&S). Against this backdrop, this paper aimed to explore the major challenges for pandemic management in implementing COVID-19 H&S measures on construction sites, particularly in developing countries. Following a comprehensive literature review, a total of 20 relevant challenges were identified. A self-completion questionnaire survey involving Malaysian construction practitioners was further employed to prioritize these challenges using descriptive statistics. Finally, a factor analysis unfolded five major underlying dimensions of these challenges, relating to lack of resources and inherent nature of construction, negligence and ignorance, low-wage blue-collar workforce, ineffective H&S management and poor sanitizing and disinfecting strategies. This work is a valuable reference in assisting industry practitioners to further enhance H&S performance during a communicable disease outbreak such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the findings highlighted the current deficiencies of the H&S system in the context of a developing country and the necessity to devise responsive strategies in curbing the transmission of future diseases.Keywords: Challengesconstruction industryCOVID-19 pandemicdeveloping countrieshealth and safety measuressafety management AcknowledgementsThe authors express their sincere thanks to all the industry practitioners who have participated in the data collection process.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Data availability statementAll data, models and code generated or used during the study appear in the submitted article.Additional informationFundingThe authors would like to acknowledge the Ministry of Education Higher Malaysia (MOHE) for financial support under Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Project Number: FRGS/1/2022/SS02/UTAR/02/1 for the project entitled ‘Technology Readiness Index (TRI) for the adoption of innovative technologies in construction safety science and management in Malaysia’ and UTAR Research Fund (UTARRF) Project Number: IPSR/RMC/UTARRF/2021-C1/J01.
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The International Journal of Construction Management publishes quality papers aiming to advance the knowledge of construction management. The Journal is devoted to the publication of original research including, but not limited to the following: Sustainable Construction (Green building; Carbon emission; Waste management; Energy saving) Construction life cycle management Construction informatics (Building information modelling; Information communication technology; Virtual design and construction) Smart construction (Robotics; Artificial intelligence; 3D printing) Big data for construction Legal issues in construction Public policies for construction Building and Infrastructures Health, safety and well-being in construction Risk management in construction Disaster management and resilience Construction procurement Construction management education