Evaluation of Safety, Quality and Productivity in Construction

Usmen, Mumtaz; Vilnītis, Mārtiņš

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/96/1/012061

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“…It was identified that the occurrences of building collapsing is at 57% caused by failure of steel frame structures. In a study by Usmen and Vilniti (2015), it was found that 40% of the designers were responsible for the steel frame structure while the contractor's involvement was 60%. Such difference may cause multifarious perspectives in construction management, inadequate planning and supervision, ineffective interpretation and assessment of safety rules.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Level of Competency Knowledge in Safety Training among Construction Personnel

Mazlan¹,

Osman²,

Saud³

2019

JCDC

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Competency in safety is important for construction personnel and it is compulsory for all construction personnel in Malaysia to attend safety training. A literature review of the recommended training module revealed gaps in evaluating the effectiveness of competency knowledge among 200 construction personnel. Therefore, this article investigates the level of competency knowledge among construction personnel towards construction accidents based on safety training in Malaysia's construction industry. A structured, self-administered questionnaire was designed and used to assess the level of competency knowledge in safety training. For each participant, the knowledge score was calculated by dividing the sum of correct answers by the total number of correct responses. The average knowledge score for all participants was 92%, whereas designers and site supervisors obtained better scores (94% and 91%, respectively) than contractors (90%). The knowledge scores among all construction personnel are not significantly associated with age and experience. Results indicated that there were nine topics with a significant difference in competency knowledge (p < 0.005) which were transportation and mobile plant, installation of steel frame, roof work, personal protective equipment (PPE), working in the water area, welding and cutting, manual work, noise and vibration and accident prevention.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Level of Competency Knowledge in Safety Training among Construction Personnel

Mazlan¹,

Osman²,

Saud³

2019

JCDC

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“…Safety is the condition of being substantially free of risk, harm, or damage. It is considered as failure of engineer to establish and implement environmentally and structurally sound design and construction in an unsafe way during or after project execution (Usmen & Vilnitis, 2015). When such circumstances occur, a safety hazard develop, which leads to an accident that causes workplace injuries and fatalities during construction.…”

Section: Construction Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The hidden (Uninsured) cost of accidents borne by contractors comprises rescheduling and work delays, equipment repair, extra safety after accident, fines, investigative reports, payment to injured labor while not working, training new worker etc. The ratio of uninsured cost to insured cost have been found to vary from 2 to 20 percent (Usmen & Vilnitis, 2015). According to several research, using quality and process improvement tools improperly might have a negative impact on health and safety (Stimec & Grima, 2019).…”

Section: Construction Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Detailed investigation revealed a construction defects and there was no structural redundancy in the design. The failure occur due to simply supported beam's failure (Usmen & Vilnitis, 2015). Collapse of Rana plaza, an eight storeys commercial building in Savar, Dhaka Bangladesh in 2013 resulted in 2500 injuries and about 1200 deaths (Awoyera et al, 2021).…”

Section: Personal Protection Equipment (Ppe)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To avoid structural and building failure Education, industry association gatherings, research, database failure, and adherence to construction rules are among Eldukader and Ayyub's recommendations (Usmen & Vilnitis, 2015).…”

Section: Personal Protection Equipment (Ppe)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Relationship among Safety, Quality and Productivity in Construction Projects

2023

JDSS

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Construction is thought to be the most dangerous business due to its unique nature. To reduce risks and boost productivity in the construction industry, quality and safety management is required. The research examines productivity, quality, and safety in terms of their participation in and effects on the execution of building projects. Safety is given first priority throughout construction, with a focus on hazard detection and the prevention of workplace injuries and accidents. There is an examination and provision of the legislation requiring safety programs, training, and obligation to safety standards. Underlined the significance of safety issues at the design stage. The research also discusses safety of building and the importance of building codes in preventing structural failure, as well as factors that influence building failure and techniques for preventing them. The paper introduces quality through the lens of recent total quality management. Quality control, quality management, quality assurance, and Six Sigma concepts are addressed with examples in relation to building quality and structural integrity. Finally, concepts of productivity are provided, with an emphasis that good project management reduce productivity losses and the use of lean construction and lean Six Sigma methods to complement them. Finally, the report summarizes the relationship among safety, quality, and productivity.

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