The Role of Procurement in Construction Health and Safety

Smallwood, John; Deacon, Claire

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-1910-9_31

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“…Fiehn et al (2020) found that the professional association of German rheumatologists is a key stakeholder in ensuring optimal care for all patients through appropriate delegation of medical duties and treatments. Another finding is that TAs hold the responsibility to raise awareness related to key issues in their sector such as occupational health in construction (Smallwood, Allen, & Deacon, 2020). In a similar fashion, Auberson (2020) investigated the responsibility of the European federation for medicinal chemistry to facilitate and raise awareness about the use of digital technologies.…”

Section: Trade Associations and Digital Transformationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of trade associations in the digital transformation of their industry

Veldhoven¹,

Vanthienen²

2023

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PurposeThis paper aims that digital transformation (DT) is crucial for companies to stay competitive. While research on DT has quickly gained great popularity, the intersection of trade associations (TAs) and their role in the DT of their members is not yet researched.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors conducted 20 interviews with Belgian TAs to investigate the role of a TAs in the DT of its members, and how they drive the DT of its members. In addition, the authors investigate the core tasks of TAs, the need of the different industries to digitalize, and the digital projects the different industries are working on.FindingsThe findings indicate that TAs can be in a prime position to steer the DT of their members, especially for industries comprised of smaller players. Their roles can range from informing roles to true leaders of DT by creating novel products, such as online platforms and driving the entire sector forwards.Research limitations/implicationsThese findings call for more research into TAs and how their role can be optimized for steering DT of their members.Originality/valueThis is the first study to extensively study the role of TAs on the DT of their members.

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Section: Trade Associations and Digital Transformationmentioning

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The role of trade associations in the digital transformation of their industry

Veldhoven¹,

Vanthienen²

2023

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“…The author argues that when H&S strategies are integrated early into the project lifecycle, efforts to prevent and reduce risks are likely to be efficient and cost-effective. Smallwood (1998) concludes that health and environmental practices support situations where procurement systems and practices influence safety.…”

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“…In Umeokafor's (2018b) review of construction H&S research in Nigeria over a 36-year period, no study on 'procurement and H&S' is evident. Limited studies available on procurement and H&S include Deacon and Smallwood (2016), Mahamadu et al (2015), Smallwood (1998) and Wells and Hawkins (2010). Their studies have mainly covered traditional procurement generally.…”

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Integrating health and safety into labour-only procurement system

Umeokafor¹,

Windapo²,

Olatunji³

2019

Construction Health and Safety in Developing Countries

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Integration of Health and Safety (H&S) into procurement is a proactive approach to improving H&S culture in project development processes, more effective than reactive and active strategies. Nonetheless, procurement approaches that support H&S culture has received limited attention in construction research. This paper examines Labour-only Procurement System (LoPS) towards eliciting key barriers, opportunities and strategies for incorporating H&S into this growing procurement approach. Systematic review of literature is the main method of the study. Findings suggest clients are highly involved in LoPS. They control and monitor objectives including H&S. We argue that extant clients' approach present a mixture of opportunities and barriers to facilitating robust H&S outcomes in construction projects. This is because in LoPS, inexperienced clients have unreserved rights to undertake leadership responsibilities and this often compromise H&S outcomes of their projects and projects environment. We also found that traditional contract documents, in the ways they define stakeholders' roles and responsibilities, remain barriers to integrating H&S into LoPS. This is because these documents have been the tradition long before the industry commenced the renewal of its efforts at promoting H&S culture. One the other hand, incorporating H&S in LoPS triggers insights from cost-effectiveness H&S strategies and H&S culture also benefits from risk-benefit transfer between construction contract parties. LoPS encourages early-stage collaboration and effective negotiation that could lead to appropriate revisions to the definitions of H&S responsibilities of contract parties. Conclusions of the study are drawn from robust conceptual theories in a way that inspires empirical studies.

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The Role of Procurement in Construction Health and Safety

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The role of trade associations in the digital transformation of their industry

The role of trade associations in the digital transformation of their industry

Integrating health and safety into labour-only procurement system

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