Shan, M.; Li, S.; Zhai, Z. and Du, Y. (2025) Assessing health climate in building construction projects: Theory and practice. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 30(1), pp. 129-157. ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
The poor health of construction practitioners significantly affects the stable and healthy development of the construction industry. Although a large number of researchers have investigated the occupational health of construction practitioners, few have examined the assessment of the health climate in building construction projects. To bridge the knowledge gap, this study develops a fuzzy approach, namely Construction Health Climate Assessment (C-HCA), that can help assess health climate in building construction projects. First, health climate indicators spanning three dimensions were identified through a literature review and semi-structured interviews conducted with experienced experts. The Pythagorean fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (PFAHP) was then utilised to quantify the importance of each health climate indicator and a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method was used to assess the level of health climate in construction projects. This approach was validated by a reallife project in China. This study contributes to the current body of knowledge by developing a C-HCA approach. This approach is useful to practice as well because it can help industry practitioners gauge the level of the construction health climate in building construction projects, thereby recommending improvement accordingly.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building construction projects; construction in China; health climate assessments; pythagorean fuzzy AHP; workplace hazards |
| Index terms: | fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, construction project, practitioner, building construction, China, dimension, occupational health, construction industry, body of knowledge, interview, construction practitioner, literature review, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation |
| Subjects: | data collection methods, knowledge management, building construction, practitioner, professional development, production management, decision-making and optimization, data analysis and analytics, Geography, health monitoring assessment and metrics, occupational health and safety management, industry analysis |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Project Management, Information Management, Geographical Context, Roles and Professions, Health and Safety, Construction Technology |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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