@conference { , title = {Health and safety issues and mitigation measures relating to adaptive-retrofits projects: Literature review \& research implications for the Ghanaian construction industry}, 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.}, conference = {31st Annual ARCOM Conference}, note = {Comments and Suggestions : http://arcom.ac.uk/copyright.php : All authors of papers published in the ARCOM Conferences retain the right to re-publish their work in any format without the need for further permission from ARCOM. This includes depositing the final published pdf version of papers on Universities' Institutional Repositories.}, pages = {559-568}, publicationstatus = {Unpublished}, url = {https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/828917}, keyword = {Centre for Architecture and Built Environment Research, adaptive, health and safety, retrofit}, year = {2015}, author = {Danso, Frederick Owusu and Badu, Edward and Ahadzie, Divine Kwaku and Manu, Patrick} editor = {Raidén, Ani and Aboagye-Nimo, Emmanuel} }