Delivering London 2012: health and safety

Shiplee, Howard; Waterman, Lawrence; Furniss, Kevin; Seal, Ros

doi:10.1680/cien.2011.164.5.46

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“…It has been suggested that in the UK, some contractors were able to record accidents free in their project by means of awareness creation and training as the employees were allowed to participate in the formulation of health and safety policies on their projects (Pollitt, 2006). In the same vein, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) was able to obtain a reduced accident frequency during the construction of the Olympic Park in East London through training of workers on health and safety issues (Shiplee et al, 2011). This amplifies the row worker's training, and awareness creation can contribute to the minimisation of accidents at the construction site.…”

Section: Effective Health and Safety Management At The Construction Sitementioning

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Implementation challenges of COVID-19 safety measures at construction sites in South Africa

Amoah

Simpeh

2020

JFM

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Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed safety measures in every industry, including the construction industry. Thus, the construction companies have instituted safety measures at the construction sites to curve the disease’s spread among the workforce. This paper aims to examine the challenges encountered by construction firms in implementing COVID-19 safety measures at construction sites. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach was adopted for this study using open-ended interview questions to solicit data from 19 construction professionals currently working on a construction project in South Africa. Content analysis with the assistance of an Excel spreadsheet was used to analyse the data collected. Findings The findings indicate that there are numerous challenges such as ignorance of COVID-19, the supply of poor personal protective equipment (PPEs) by contractors, lack of compliance, sanitising construction materials, difficulty in sharing tools and equipment, public transport usage by workers, superstition (COVID-19 is for a particular group of people), complying with social distancing rules, among others in the implementation of the COVID-19 safety measure at the construction site to curb the spread of the disease among the workers. These challenges have, therefore, hampered their effort to strictly adhere to the safety measures in accordance with the COVID-19 safety protocol at the project sites currently under construction. Research limitations/implications The interviewees were construction professionals working in the South African construction industry during the COVID-19 period. Practical implications The implication is that, due to the challenges faced in implementing the COVID-19 safety measures, workers on the construction site are not adequately protected from contracting COVID-19. The workers may thus contract the disease at the project sites and transmit it to their families and vice versa, which may have further implications on the spread of the disease within the communities and society. Originality/value The study has identified implementation challenges of the COVID-19 safety measures at construction sites of which the construction stakeholders must institute measures to overcome since COVID-19 has become part of our daily life. The study also recommends some preventive measures to the owners of construction companies to help overcome or minimise these COVID-19 safety implementation hurdles to minimise the spread of the disease among the construction site workers.

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Section: Effective Health and Safety Management At The Construction Sitementioning

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Implementation challenges of COVID-19 safety measures at construction sites in South Africa

Amoah

Simpeh

2020

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“…Although there has been a proliferation of commentaries by expert practitioners on various aspects of the CDM Regulations in the UK based on reflection on their individual experiences (e.g. Shiplee et al, 2011;Webster, 2013), the literature review uncovered only reports of consultants commissioned by HSE to evaluate the Regulations with a view to appropriate amendments (e.g. Frontline Consultants Ltd, 2012) and empirical studies into the practical implementation of the CDM Regulations (e.g.…”

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The design coordination role at the pre-construction stage of construction projects

Ankrah

Adaku

2021

Building Research & Information

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The importance of the concept of prevention through design (PtD) to the alleviation of the problem of poor health and safety (H&S) management in the construction industry is widely acknowledged. It has been adopted in the regulatory framework for H&S in the UK construction industry through the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) which place on the project client obligations with emphasis on coordination of H&S at the preconstruction stage of the project by a client-appointed 'Principal Designer' (PD). Unfortunately, research into the implementation of CDM 2015 into actual practice at the pre-construction stage has been patchy. The paper reports, with respect to the PD role, on part of research undertaken to respond to this gap. It involved surveys of clients and practitioners via fourteen focus group discussion sessions with over eighty participants to develop knowledge and understanding of the PD role. The research issues included: appointments to the role; structures for discharge of the role; day-to-day functions of the PD; remuneration arrangements; and common challenges regarding the PD.

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“…In the first of two special issues of Civil Engineering that we produced 2 years ago on delivering the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, there was a paper on the overall approach to construction health and safety (Shiplee et al, 2011) -no mean feat with a total workforce of 30 000 at the Olympic Park site alone. The third paper in this issue (Webster, 2013) focuses on implementation of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (hMG, 2007) on the project and how this compares with implementation elsewhere.…”

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2013

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engin

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Delivering London 2012: health and safety

Cited by 12 publications

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Implementation challenges of COVID-19 safety measures at construction sites in South Africa

Implementation challenges of COVID-19 safety measures at construction sites in South Africa

The design coordination role at the pre-construction stage of construction projects

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