Frederick Owusu Danso
Health and safety issues and mitigation measures relating to adaptive-retrofits projects: Literature review & research implications for the Ghanaian construction industry
Danso, Frederick Owusu; Badu, Edward; Ahadzie, Divine Kwaku; Manu, Patrick
Authors
Edward Badu
Divine Kwaku Ahadzie
Patrick Manu Patrick.Manu@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Innovative Construction and Project Management
Contributors
Ani Raid�n
Editor
Emmanuel Aboagye-Nimo
Editor
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.
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
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Conference Name | 31st Annual ARCOM Conference |
Start Date | Sep 7, 2015 |
End Date | Sep 9, 2015 |
Publication Date | Sep 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Sep 23, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 15, 2016 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 559-568 |
Keywords | adaptive, health and safety, retrofit |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/828917 |
Publisher URL | http://arcom.ac.uk/abstracts-results.php?title=health%20and%20safety%20issues%20and%20mitigation%20&author=&keyword=&p=8499#8499 |
Additional Information | Additional Information : This paper was first published by ARCOM as part of the Conference Proceedings for the 31st Annual ARCOM Conference, 2015. Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : 31st Annual ARCOM Conference |
Contract Date | Mar 15, 2016 |
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