Danso, F O; Badu, E; Ahadzie, D K and Manu, P (2015) Health and safety issues and mitigation measures relating to adaptive-retrofits projects: Literature review and research implications for the Ghanaian construction industry. In: Raiden, A and Aboagye-Nimo, E (eds.) Proceedings of 31st Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-9 September 2015, Lincoln, UK.
Abstract
Adaptive-retrofit projects (ARPs) are associated with dire health and safety (H&S) issues which are fragmented and scattered in the existing literature on retrofitting, refurbishment, renovation, rehabilitation, and repair and maintenance work (5R+M). To effectively guide the safe execution of ARPs, these fragmented and scattered issues together with their mitigation measures need to be identified and consolidated into a single unified coherent insight. Therefore this paper, as part of an on-going PhD research on ARPs in Ghana, reviews academic literature to identify and compile a comprehensive list of the H&S issues with their mitigation measures for ARPs. After performing electronic database literature searches and subsequent critical examination of the literature obtained, thirty-six (36) health and safety issues/challenges and twenty-six seven (27) mitigation measures relating to execution of ARPs were identified. These findings provide a sound preliminary basis for further empirical studies towards the development of a coherent and unified guidance for the safe execution of ARPs in Ghana while taking into account local conditions that could also induce additional H&S issues which may not be apparent in the extant literature.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | adaptive, health and safety, retrofit |
| Index terms: | renovation, empirical study, mitigation, health and safety issues, construction industry, repair, retrofitting, health and safety, literature review, database, Ghana |
| Subjects: | industry analysis, data management, occupational health and safety management, health safety and environment, Geography, financial risk, renovation and retrofit, maintenance engineering, research methods, data analysis and analytics |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Geographical Context, Engineering Principles, Business Strategy, Cost Management, Health and Safety, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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