Casualisation in the construction industry is influenced by unemployment or lack of decent jobs. Casualisation is defined as the procedure of employing people either on a daily, weekly or monthly basis for an undefined ...

In certain parts of the world, especially in a developing country such as South Africa, the determinant of either project failure or success is found in the quality of decisions and actions. In particular, ...

To understand delays in the Indian construction context, an exploratory survey was conducted as a precursor to the development of simulation models. System Dynamics (SD) was used to visualise the pivotal feedback relations ...

Regulations are designed to encourage changes in individual outcomes. Such outcomes could be changes in conditions of work that leads to reduced accidents, injuries, and fatalities in the construction industry. Following ...

Self-regard, emotional self-awareness, flexibility, problem solving, and stress tolerance, inter alia, constitute attributes that affect how well activities are carried out by individuals. Thus, construction activities ...

Rapidity in urbanization has continued in the past decade despite the realisation that resources are finite. Commerce, migration, employment, industry configuration and population increases are factors that contribute ...

The South African Construction Regulations realise the contributions by each member of a project team to health and safety (H&S) improvement. These Regulations amplify the roles and contributions of clients to project ...

Construction projects are facing problems that impede their expected performance. Time, cost, quality, and competition limitations place constraints on projects. These challenges require incisive risk-management (RM) ...

This study discusses if and how a safety management system (SMS) mitigates or reduces errors and violations on construction sites. The study investigated SMS systems on three major projects in South Africa. The results affirmed ...