TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing Health and Safety Practices in the Nigerian Construction Industry in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
T2 - 13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, EPPM 2023
AU - Abina, Oluwarotimi Gbenga
AU - Ogunbayo, Babatunde Fatai
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Health and Safety is an important aspect of production in the construction industry. The application of Health and Safety practices within the construction process and operations faces different issues and challenges. This study considers issues and challenges faced in the construction industry in the Era of the 4IR, affecting the construction operation and process. A field survey was conducted among construction professionals in Lagos State, Nigeria, to identify issues and challenges they faced in H&S practices on construction project activities. A simple random sampling method was used to collect data, and 87 questionnaires were retrieved from the construction professionals within the study area. Data collected were computed using a descriptive statistical approach. A statistical data equation was used to determined the valid mean item score. The study finds indicated that working at high elevation, size of the project, risk of job losses due to digitalisation, and lack of implementation of safety regulations were the highest-ranked issues and challenges facing H&S practices in the Nigerian construction industry in the Era of the fourth industrial revolution. The study concluded that H&S practitioners should be trained on the importance and application of digitalisation tools in the H&S practices in the construction projects operations and processes.
AB - Health and Safety is an important aspect of production in the construction industry. The application of Health and Safety practices within the construction process and operations faces different issues and challenges. This study considers issues and challenges faced in the construction industry in the Era of the 4IR, affecting the construction operation and process. A field survey was conducted among construction professionals in Lagos State, Nigeria, to identify issues and challenges they faced in H&S practices on construction project activities. A simple random sampling method was used to collect data, and 87 questionnaires were retrieved from the construction professionals within the study area. Data collected were computed using a descriptive statistical approach. A statistical data equation was used to determined the valid mean item score. The study finds indicated that working at high elevation, size of the project, risk of job losses due to digitalisation, and lack of implementation of safety regulations were the highest-ranked issues and challenges facing H&S practices in the Nigerian construction industry in the Era of the fourth industrial revolution. The study concluded that H&S practitioners should be trained on the importance and application of digitalisation tools in the H&S practices in the construction projects operations and processes.
KW - Construction industry
KW - Digitalisation
KW - Fourth industrial revolution
KW - Health and safety
KW - Nigeria
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200394760&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-56544-1_18
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-56544-1_18
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85200394760
SN - 9783031565434
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 267
EP - 278
BT - Advances in Engineering Management, Innovation, and Sustainability - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2023
A2 - Rotimi, James Olabode Bamidele
A2 - Shahzad, Wajiha Mohsin
A2 - Sutrisna, Monty
A2 - Kahandawa, Ravindu
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 29 November 2023 through 1 December 2023
ER -