About the Book
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. The book consists of 23 chapters with six themes covering:
● Drivers of the business case for healthier and safer construction
● Opportunities and drivers of digital technologies for improving health and safety
● Drivers of human factors for improving health and safety
● Drivers of safer design and procurement
● Drivers of better health and wellbeing for construction.
● Opportunities for driving equality and inclusivity for safer construction.
The book will be beneficial to academics, undergraduate and postgraduate (research and taught) students, professional institutions (such as the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health), health and safety professionals (health and safety officers, consultants and managers), occupational health professionals, mental health and wellbeing professionals, construction managers, architects, project professionals, engineers (design, construction, project, site, electrical, mechanical, civil, building services, and structural), facilities managers, quantity surveyors, and site managers. The aim of the book is to provide critical perspectives alongside evidence based practical examples of success stories, that should inspire readers and engender continuous improvement in health, safety, and wellbeing in the construction industry.
Table of Contents:
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
About the Author :
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.
