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

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.

Citation

Danso, F. O., Badu, E., Ahadzie, D. K., & Manu, P. (2015, September). Health and safety issues and mitigation measures relating to adaptive-retrofits projects: Literature review & research implications for the Ghanaian construction industry. Paper presented at 31st Annual ARCOM Conference

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 31st Annual ARCOM Conference
• Start Date: Sep 7, 2015
• End Date: Sep 9, 2015
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2015
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 559-568
• Keywords: adaptive, health and safety, retrofit
• 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