Article
Construction & Building Technology
Sainan Lyu, Carol K. H. Hon, Albert P. C. Chan, Xiaoyan Jiang, Martin Skitmore
Summary: This study aims to improve safety communication for ethnic minority workers by identifying and analyzing the critical factors involved. A mixed research design was used, combining a literature review, interviews, and a questionnaire survey. The findings identified 18 critical safety communication factors, categorized into worker-related, manager-related, and organization-related factors. These findings can be used as a reference for other countries employing ethnic minority workers.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Huihua Chen, Wenjing Gong, Hujun Li, Shiying Shi
Summary: This study examines the impact of co-workers' guanxi on construction workers' safety behavior and finds that guanxi can directly or indirectly influence safety behavior through group identification. These research findings enrich the understanding of the causal relationship between guanxi and safety behavior in the construction industry.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Udara Ranasinghe, Liyaning Maggie Tang, Celia Harris, Weicong Li, Jed Montayre, Abilio de Almeida Neto, Mark Antoniou
Summary: With the ageing workforce becoming a concern in the construction industry, it is important to understand the physical and psychological issues faced by older workers and make recommendations to improve their health and safety. This paper reviews existing knowledge on health and safety in the ageing construction workforce and presents strategies to support older workers and improve their workability and productivity.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Zhitian Zhang, Hongling Guo, Puzhe Gao, Yao Wang, Yihai Fang
Summary: This study aims to reveal the impact path and ability of owners' diverse management behavior on workers' safety behavior in the construction industry. Through a questionnaire survey and empirical analysis, it was found that objectives and assessments, as well as safety organization, have an indirect effect on workers' safety behavior through management practices, and workers' safety behavior also influences accident management.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Sainan Lyu, Carol K. H. Hon, Albert P. C. Chan, Arshad Ali Javed, Rita Peihua Zhang, Francis K. W. Wong
Summary: Previous studies have highlighted communication barriers as a major safety issue for ethnic minority (EM) workers. This study aimed to model safety communication networks of EM crews and explore their relationships with individual attributes, safety climate, near misses, and injuries. Findings showed that language proficiency, network density, and reciprocity level were key factors in distinguishing high and low safety performing EM crews. EM management received more safety information from EM workers than local management, and there was a significant relationship between the centrality of EM workers in the networks and their age, perceived safety priority, and language ability.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Huihua Chen, Hujun Li, Yang Miang Goh
Summary: This study examines the inconsistencies in definitions, measurement, and factor structures of Construction Safety Climate (CSC), and suggests future research agenda to improve Construction Worker Safety Behavior (CWSB) based on evaluating the relationship between CSC and CWSB. The study also proposes a perception-based definition for CSC focusing on safety management system and identifies different categories of CSC differentiated based on organizational levels. Additionally, a CSC factor structure is proposed using validated items from past CSC scales to address existing inconsistencies, and different mediators influencing the relationship between CSC and CWSB are compiled for future studies.
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Baoquan Cheng, Yuhu Wei, Hujun Li, Jianling Huang, Huihua Chen
Summary: This study conducted a scientometric and critical review of 3280 articles related to construction workers' safety behavior (CWSB) in the Web of Science database. The findings reveal that CWSB research is primarily conducted in the USA, China, and Australia, with prominent institutions such as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Michigan. The study identifies key research topics, challenges, and potential avenues for future investigation in the CWSB field.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Thanh Tung Pham, Helen Lingard, Rita Peihua Zhang
Summary: This research investigated factors affecting transfer intention of occupational health and safety training among construction workers. The Theory of Planned Behaviour was used to explain transfer intention, and perceived behavioral control was found to be an antecedent for both groups of workers. Attitudes only predicted transfer intention among managerial/professional workers, while subjective norms only predicted transfer intention among non-managerial/manual construction workers.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Qiuhao Xie, Nini Xia, Gaosheng Yang
Summary: This study examines how work-family conflict, including work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict (FWC), influences the safety behavior of construction workers. The findings show that WFC has negative effects on safety compliance and safety participation, while FWC is only negatively related to safety participation. Work engagement mediates the relationships between WFC and safety participation, as well as between FWC and safety behavior. The study also reveals that family supportive supervisor behavior buffers the negative relationship between WFC and safety participation through work engagement. Overall, this study sheds light on the influence mechanism and governance path of work-family conflict on safety behavior in the construction industry.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ruijia Yuan, Zhiwei Zhang, Xiaopeng Deng, Xiaosheng Li
Summary: This research investigates the spread of unsafe psychological states among construction workers considering safety climate and intimate relationships. Based on a review of existing literature and using numerical simulation methods, the study finds that a good safety climate can alleviate the spread of unsafe psychological states, while intimate relationships promote the spread of these states. The forgetting rate plays a key role in the propagation process. Suggestions are made to hinder the spread of these states, aiming to reduce unsafe behavior and accident rates among construction workers.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Daniel W. M. Chan, Matteo Cristofaro, Hala Nassereddine, Nicole S. N. Yiu, Hadi Sarvari
Summary: The perceptions on safety climate (SC) differ between workers and managers/supervisors in the construction industry of developing countries. Workers focus on attitudes, safety knowledge and training, working relationships and roles of colleagues, and risk perceptions, while managers/supervisors emphasize safety rules and management practices. The study suggests that the differences in perceptions between workers and managers/supervisors are beneficial for overall understanding of SC and provides effective suggestions for improving safety climate in the construction industry of developing countries.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dominic Sagoe, Charles Ogunbode, Philomena Antwi, Birthe Loa Knizek, Zahrah Awaleh, Ophelia Dadzie
Summary: This qualitative study explored the perspectives of UK ethnic minority healthcare workers on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in their community. The findings highlighted the influence of education and ethnicity on vaccine hesitancy, and identified mistrust, historical and religious factors, conspiracy theories, vaccine development speed and side effects as underlying causes. Participants recommended non-judgmental education, healthcare worker endorsement, and community-oriented interventions to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK ethnic minority community.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Iwona Szer, Tomasz Lipecki, Jacek Szer, Krzysztof Czarnocki
Summary: The study analyzed the susceptibility of construction workers to heat stress and assessed the reliability of using meteorological station data to estimate heat stress on scaffolding. The results indicate the potential for simplified evaluation of workers' comfort/discomfort on scaffolding based on publicly available meteorological data.
AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
(2022)
Article
Ergonomics
Byungjoo Choi, SangHyun Lee
Summary: This study develops and tests a research model that explains the psychological mechanisms behind construction workers' safety participation. The results indicate that project identification mediates the effects of transformational leadership and communication climate on safety participation.
JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Liuyang Ji, Wenyao Liu, Yifan Zhang
Summary: The unsafe behavior of construction workers is a major cause of safety accidents, and managers usually regulate worker safety behavior through effective incentive measures. Due to multiple differences in fairness preference, risk preference, and ability level among workers, constructing a competition incentive model based on the tournament mechanism can effectively reduce the occurrence of unsafe behaviors.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Industrial
Ting Wang, Junyan Xu, Qinghua He, Albert P. C. Chan, Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu
Summary: This study reviews studies on success criteria and critical success factors for mega infrastructure construction projects (MICPs) between 2000 and 2018. The analysis of 38 journal articles reveals that Australia, USA, UK, China, and Hong Kong are the leading contributors to this field. The study identifies 20 success criteria and 36 critical success factors, which are integrated into two conceptual frameworks. Three future research implications are highlighted in terms of evaluation indicators, relationships between CSFs and the success of MICPs, and human-related factors.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Michael Atafo Adabre, Albert P. C. Chan, David J. Edwards
Summary: This study models the relationship between success factors and critical success criteria for sustainable housing development in Ghanaian cities. The findings reveal that 'developers enabling' factors and 'mixed-use development' factors have significant impacts on sustainable housing. 'Household-enabling' factors, although not significant, have high performance/index value on sustainable housing.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Michael Atafo Adabre, Albert P. C. Chan, Amos Darko, Mohammad Reza Hosseini
Summary: This article establishes the interrelationships framework between barriers and drivers to managing a transition to a circular economy, based on a comprehensive literature review. The findings provide a reference for future research and lay a foundation for circular economy adoption and managing the transition.
BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Mershack Opoku Tetteh, Albert P. C. Chan, Gabriel Nani, Amos Darko, Goodenough D. Oppong
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of management control mechanisms on the performance of international construction joint ventures in Ghana. The results show that both personnel and support and training control mechanisms have a positive impact on project and company/partner performance, but there are differences in perspectives between local and foreign partners.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Development Studies
Caleb Debrah, Amos Darko, Albert Ping Chuen Chan
Summary: This study provides a systematic review of the state-of-the-art and trends in green finance research, using both bibliometric and qualitative analysis. The results show that green finance is an interdisciplinary research area that is still relatively immature. The study identifies six major research hotspots in green finance and provides recommendations for future research.
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Janet M. Nwaogu, Albert P. C. Chan, Tobi A. Akinyemi
Summary: Mental ill-health has become a crisis in the construction industry, and attention should be paid to employees' mental health. Combined interventions are more effective than single interventions, and policy improvements related to job control, job support, and working conditions are needed.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Sitsofe Kwame Yevu, Emmanuel Kingsford Owusu, Albert P. C. Chan, Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, Ibrahim Yahaya Wuni, Mershack Opoku Tetteh
Summary: This study explores the integration of BIM and prefabrication in low-carbon building delivery through a systematic review. It reveals six typologies of integrating BIM and prefabrication and explores low-carbon attributes in building delivery. Research gaps are identified and future research directions are provided.
BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Fengyu Bao, Igor Martek, Albert P. C. Chan, Chuan Chen, Yang Yang, Heng Yu
Summary: This study addresses the need for evaluating the performance of handover management by establishing a definition of handover success and criteria for measurement.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Chenjunyan Sun, Carol K. H. Hon, Kirsten A. Way, Nerina L. Jimmieson, Bo Xia, Paul Pao-Yen Wu
Summary: A Bayesian network model was developed to assess the influence of psychosocial hazards on mental health in the construction industry. Results showed that poor physical environment, contract pressure, and lack of coworker support were important factors in determining the probability of other psychosocial hazards. Lack of job control, lack of coworker support, role ambiguity, role conflict, and lack of supervisor support were found to have the greatest impact on mental health. Managing a targeted subset of psychosocial hazards was found to be beneficial for improving mental health.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Qingwen Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Guanbao Ye, Yan Xu, Albert P. C. Chan
Summary: A plane strain conversion method for CCG column-reinforced foundation is proposed, which simplifies the numerical simulation process and saves computation resources. The validity of the method is verified by comparing it with 3D numerical simulation results and field data. This method provides an easy and efficient way to simulate the consolidation behavior of CCG column-reinforced foundation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMECHANICS
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Fan Zhang, Albert P. C. Chan, Dezhi Li
Summary: In high-density cities, it is necessary to provide safe egress plans for the elderly living in mid-rise or high-rise residential buildings. This study proposes an agent-based egress model evaluation for the elderly under different urgent-level circumstances. The evaluation takes into consideration absolute and relative indicators to assess building egress safety and provide valuable references for old home buyers. The evaluation approach also offers a tool for designers to improve design schemes for safer egress and assist property managers in updating egress plans and facilities.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Xiaowei Wang, Yang Yang, Albert P. C. Chan, Hung-lin Chi, Esther H. K. Yung
Summary: This study aims to develop a multi-dimensional regulatory framework for using unmanned aircrafts (UAs) in the construction industry. By comparing seven selected national/regional UA regulations and conducting interview surveys, it was found that the current regulations fail to address some challenges of construction-related UA operations. A regulatory framework was then proposed based on the findings of the comparative analysis and interview surveys.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Business
Samuel Frimpong, Riza Yosia Sunindijo, Cynthia Changxin Wang, Elijah Frimpong Boadu, Ayirebi Dansoh, Carol K. H. Hon, Tak Wing Yiu
Summary: Research on young construction workers' mental health has primarily focused on negative mental health issues while neglecting positive mental health. Studies mainly use theories and conceptual frameworks to measure the prevalence of symptoms of negative mental health and identify associated variables, without considering positive mental health.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Alireza Ahankoob, Karen Manley, Carol Hon, Robin Drogemuller
Summary: This study examines how the use of building information modelling (BIM) affects the capacity of building contractors to absorb new information and become more competitive. The results show a significant correlation between the transparency function of BIM and contractor absorptive capacity.
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Management
Mershack O. Tetteh, Albert P. C. Chan, Amos Darko, Gabriel Nani
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
(2023)