Social cost in construction projects

Çelik, Tahir; Kamali, Saeed; Arayıcı, Yusuf

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2017.03.001

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“…Because of environmental pollution and nuisances, a number of related complaints and disputes have arisen [3,[9][10][11][12][13]. In particular, noise from construction projects is considered a principal pollutant that causes harmful effects to neighboring residents and the surrounding environment [7,9,14,15]. Chronic exposure to noise can lead to significant health problems, such as depression [5,8,16,17], hearing impairment [5,18,19], cardiovascular disease [3,20], impaired cognitive performance [1,4], interference of communication [2], general understanding [4], hypertension [2,8,10,20], mental disturbances [3,4,8,16,18], short-term memory impairments [1,2,4], and sleep disorders [2,3,20].…”

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Performance Evaluation of Distance Measurement Methods for Construction Noise Prediction Using Case-Based Reasoning

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Concerns over environmental issues have recently increased. Particularly, construction noise in highly populated areas is recognized as a serious stressor that not only negatively affects humans and their environment, but also construction firms through project delays and cost overruns. To deal with noise-related problems, noise levels need to be predicted during the preconstruction phase. Case-based reasoning (CBR) has recently been applied to noise prediction, but some challenges remain to be addressed. In particular, problems with the distance measurement method have been recognized as a recurring issue. In this research, the accuracy of the prediction results was examined for two distance measurement methods: The weighted Euclidean distance (WED) and a combination of the Jaccard and Euclidean distances (JED). The differences and absolute error rates confirmed that the JED provided slightly more accurate results than the WED with an error ratio of approximately 6%. The results showed that different methods, depending on the attribute types, need to be employed when computing similarity distances. This research not only contributes an approach to achieve reliable prediction with CBR, but also contributes to the literature on noise management to ensure a sustainable environment by elucidating the effects of distance measurement depending on the attribute types.

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Performance Evaluation of Distance Measurement Methods for Construction Noise Prediction Using Case-Based Reasoning

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“…Other criteria can be related to the social costs of construction. Attempts to investigate the social costs of building constructions in urban residential areas are still insufficient due to probable difficulties and complexities of including the third parties; however, in the decision making process for construction projects, apart from economic sense of it, decision-makers need to be provided with other useful information: analytical and procedural assessments to comment on the convenience of the expected environmental impacts once the proposed project is implemented, and a social assessment to find out if the consequences of developing the proposed project are socially acceptable [3].…”

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“…The people themselves and the environment they live in, their homes and neighbourhoods, if located around the building construction zones, are exposed to adverse impacts of the construction activities [3]. In return, people react via altering their daily routine to resolve or alleviate the exposed disruptions to their common life patterns and the cost of this reaction is defined as the social costs associated with building construction projects.…”

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“…In return, people react via altering their daily routine to resolve or alleviate the exposed disruptions to their common life patterns and the cost of this reaction is defined as the social costs associated with building construction projects. As the definition of social cost implies, there are costs caused by constructions that are to be paid by the third parties [3].…”

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The Modelling of Roof Installation Projects Using Decision Trees and the AHP Method

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In this work, the process of roofing projects' execution is considered. The proper analysis of this process is important to optimise the behaviour of a project's participants and to perform risk evaluation. The main result of this work is methodology, which can be used to optimise a project owner's decisions and potentially can be applied for risk control or integrated into expert systems. This methodology includes the application of a decision tree and AHP (analytic hierarchy process) method to perform the modelling for roof installation project selection. In the proposed approach, a decision tree describes the process with nodes representing the states of a project. The tree includes the decision on whether to sell the project results or not, which requires the estimation of the subjective opinion of the project owner. These subjective values are used in the decision tree leaves. We propose to perform this estimation with the AHP method and describe how to do it in this paper. A particular example was considered. The proposed methodology was applied to that case, and all details of the process and results are provided. Using the proposed methodology, the adapted version of a specific, current situation model of project participants' behaviours can be formed, allowing one to make the most efficient decisions in the light of the existing constraints. The application of results can increase the investor protection and contribute to the general sustainability of investments.

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“…Mitigating these impacts "is a major issue for construction managers, city officials and other regulatory bodies" [10]. Many studies have recognised the impacts of construction work on mobility [3,7,[11][12][13][14][15][16]. They have studied the negative effects of construction projects on a general category of (road) traffic, among other impacts that are not related to mobility.…”

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Minimizing the Social Impact of Construction Work on Mobility: A Decision-Making Method

2020

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Minimising the impacts of construction work on mobility, especially in urban areas, is a major issue for local authorities and construction planners that has not been sufficiently studied. This paper proposes a deterministic decision-making method for quantifying the impacts of construction work on mobility, including emergency vehicles, mass transit, individual transport, bicycles, and pedestrians. The method is based on multi-attribute utility theory, interviews with experts representing various stakeholders in construction, and a review of the literature and legislation. The practical use is illustrated with a real case study in which two shaft-construction processes (diaphragm wall excavated using a hydromill and vertical shaft sinking machine) are compared and ranked. The sensitivity analysis shows the robustness of the results. The resulting Mobility Impact Index can easily be integrated with other social, economic, and environmental criteria, thereby enabling the evaluation of alternatives from a multi-criteria perspective, e.g., in tender processes. The method could be useful to public authorities and design and construction companies and is being piloted in construction projects of the city of Barcelona. It has implications for corporate social responsibility, social/sustainable procurement, and social/sustainable impact assessment in construction.

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Social cost in construction projects

Cited by 71 publications

References 34 publications

Performance Evaluation of Distance Measurement Methods for Construction Noise Prediction Using Case-Based Reasoning

Performance Evaluation of Distance Measurement Methods for Construction Noise Prediction Using Case-Based Reasoning

The Modelling of Roof Installation Projects Using Decision Trees and the AHP Method

Minimizing the Social Impact of Construction Work on Mobility: A Decision-Making Method

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