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Briefing: The role of human values in behavioural safety (2017)
Journal Article
Allen, C., Bell, N., Manu, E., Gibb, A., Manu, P., Gibb, A., & Nick, B. (2017). Briefing: The role of human values in behavioural safety. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 170(2), 49-51. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.16.00047

While behaviour-based safety (BBS) is not new and is even becoming increasingly common, particularly among large construction organisations, research on BBS and hence its implementation has paid limited attention to the role of innate drivers of beha... Read More about Briefing: The role of human values in behavioural safety.

New tool will help civil engineers meet CDM requirements to design for safety (2016)
Journal Article
Behm, M., Gibb, A., Manu, P., & Mahdjoubi, L. (2016). New tool will help civil engineers meet CDM requirements to design for safety. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 170(2), 55. https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.2017.170.2.55

© ICE Publishing. All rights reserved. A new tool is being developed to help civil engineers and other construction professionals improve their capability to design for safety under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations. Patrick Manu a... Read More about New tool will help civil engineers meet CDM requirements to design for safety.

Health and safety management practices in the Nigerian construction industry: A survey of construction firms in South Western Nigeria (2016)
Book Chapter
Agbede, J. O., Manu, P., Agbede, O. A., & Mahamadu, A. (2016). Health and safety management practices in the Nigerian construction industry: A survey of construction firms in South Western Nigeria. In P. Matthijs, H. Wamelink, B. Giddings, & K. Ku (Eds.), Proceedings of the CIB World Building Congress 2016: Volume II - Environmental Opportunies and Challenges. Constructing Commitment and Acknowledging Human Experiences (293-304). Tampere: Tampere University of Technology

Despite the relevance of the construction sector in developing countries, the industry continues to record unacceptable levels of accidents and fatalities. The situation is no different in Nigeria where health and safety (H&S) management has been cit... Read More about Health and safety management practices in the Nigerian construction industry: A survey of construction firms in South Western Nigeria.

Proceedings of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE) Conference 2016 (2016)
Book
Manu, P., Westcott, T., & Spedding, A. (2016). A. Spedding, T. Westcott, & P. Manu (Eds.), Proceedings of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE) Conference 2016. Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy

This is the proceedings of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE) Conference 2016 jointly organised with Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) and Nigerian Institution of... Read More about Proceedings of the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE) Conference 2016.

A study of health and safety management practices of contractors in Southern Vietnam (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Phung, V. M., Manu, P., & Mahamadu, A. (2015, October). A study of health and safety management practices of contractors in Southern Vietnam. Paper presented at The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM 2015), Busan, Korea

In spite of the socio-economic benefits of the construction industry, it accounts for many deaths, injuries and illnesses in many countries. In developing countries like Vietnam, the situation is even worse. Health and safety (H&S) management plays a... Read More about A study of health and safety management practices of contractors in Southern Vietnam.

Inquiry into the health and safety management practices of contractors in Vietnam: Preliminary findings (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Nguyen, T. T., Manu, P., Mahamadu, A., & Ash, S. (2015, September). Inquiry into the health and safety management practices of contractors in Vietnam: Preliminary findings. Paper presented at CIB W099 2015 Conference, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Despite the socio-economic significance of the Vietnamese construction industry, the industry continues to have a poor reputation in terms of occupational health and safety (H&S). Whilst it is evident that improvement is needed, there is a dearth of... Read More about Inquiry into the health and safety management practices of contractors in Vietnam: Preliminary findings.

An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Njoku, N., Lamond, J., Everett, G., & Manu, P. (2015, June). An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at 12th International Postgraduate Research Conference Proceedings, Manchester, UK

Different natural and anthropogenic factors have contributed to increased flood events in recent times. Studies have noted the impact of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) practices on increased flooding. Increases in population, economic growth... Read More about An overview of municipal solid waste management in developing and developed economies: Analysis of practices and contributions to urban flooding in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Towards a framework for the management of health, safety and well-being on adaptive-retrofit projects in Ghana (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Danso, F. O., Badu, E., Ahadzie, D. K., Nani, G., & Manu, P. (2015, February). Towards a framework for the management of health, safety and well-being on adaptive-retrofit projects in Ghana. Paper presented at ARCOM Doctoral Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Adaptive-Retrofit Projects (ARPs) face the challenge of wide-adoption due to health and safety (H&S) issues surrounding ARPs. In developing countries like Ghana, this challenge exists alongside other challenges such as outdated and inadequate H&S leg... Read More about Towards a framework for the management of health, safety and well-being on adaptive-retrofit projects in Ghana.

Challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Navendren, D., Manu, P., Shelbourn, M., & Mahamadu, A. (2014, September). Challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives. Paper presented at 30th Annual Annual ARCOM Conference, Portsmouth

Building information modelling (BIM) has been proposed as a technology enabled process for the realisation of the performance ambitions of the construction industry through integrated management of information in virtual 3-D formats. Significant chal... Read More about Challenges to building information modelling implementation in UK: Designers' perspectives.

The health and safety impact of construction project features (2014)
Journal Article
Manu, P., Ankrah, N., Proverbs, D., & Suresh, S. (2014). The health and safety impact of construction project features. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 21(1), 65-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-07-2012-0070

Purpose - Despite the established significance of underlying accident causes to health and safety (H&S), and the persistent reporting of the underlying accident causal influence of construction project features (CPFs) which emanate from pre-const... Read More about The health and safety impact of construction project features.

Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Navendren, D., Manu, P., Mahamadu, A., Shelbourn, M., & Wildin, K. (2014). Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 167(4), 163-166. https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.14.00004

Building information modelling (BIM) has been proposed as an enabler for greater efficiency and effectiveness within the UK construction industry, providing digital management of construction data throughout the project life cycle. The potential bene... Read More about Briefing: Towards exploring profession-specific BIM challenges in the UK.

A preliminary inquiry into the applicability of client-contractor partnering in the Ghanaian construction industry (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Nuamah, F. A., Manu, P., & Manu, E. (2013, August). A preliminary inquiry into the applicability of client-contractor partnering in the Ghanaian construction industry. Paper presented at West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, Accra, Ghana

Construction projects in Ghana are predominantly procured through the traditional route which has been reported to be characterised by adversarial client-contractor relationships. In an effort to engender more collaboration in client-contractor relat... Read More about A preliminary inquiry into the applicability of client-contractor partnering in the Ghanaian construction industry.

Mitigating the health and safety influence of subcontracting in construction: The approach of main contractors (2013)
Journal Article
Manu, P., Ankrah, N., Proverbs, D., & Suresh, S. (2013). Mitigating the health and safety influence of subcontracting in construction: The approach of main contractors. International Journal of Project Management, 31(7), 1017-1026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.011

Subcontracting is noted for its adverse health and safety (H&S) influence in construction. Using interviews with five of the top 20 UK contractors and one medium-sized contractor, this study explored how main contractors manage the H&S influence of s... Read More about Mitigating the health and safety influence of subcontracting in construction: The approach of main contractors.

An investigation into the accident causal influence of construction project features [Abstract of PhD thesis] (2013)
Journal Article
Manu, P. (2013). An investigation into the accident causal influence of construction project features [Abstract of PhD thesis]. Journal of International Real Estate and Construction Studies, 2(1-2),

The United Kingdom (UK) construction industry is one of the worst industries in the UK in terms of health and safety (H&S) performance. Numerous injuries, deaths, dangerous occurrences and work related illnesses are reported annually in the industry,... Read More about An investigation into the accident causal influence of construction project features [Abstract of PhD thesis].

A preliminary investigation into the potential of construction project features to influence accident occurrence (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Manu, P., Proverbs, D., Suresh, S., Manu, E., & Ahadzie, D. K. (2012, March). A preliminary investigation into the potential of construction project features to influence accident occurrence. Paper presented at 1st international conference on infrastructure development in Africa (ICIDA) 2012, Kumasi, Ghana

The UK Construction industry has persistently been associated with unwanted ‘costs’ in the form of deaths, injuries, and ill-health. Previous studies in trying to address the health and safety (H&S) performance have highlighted the need to pay attent... Read More about A preliminary investigation into the potential of construction project features to influence accident occurrence.

Investigating the multi-causal and complex nature of the accident causal influence of construction project features (2012)
Journal Article
Proverbs, D. G., Manu, P. A., Manu, P., Ankrah, N. A., Proverbs, D., & Suresh, S. (2012). Investigating the multi-causal and complex nature of the accident causal influence of construction project features. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 48, 126-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2011.05.008

Construction project features (CPFs) are organisational, physical and operational attributes that characterise construction projects. Although previous studies have examined the accident causal influence of CPFs, the multi-causal attribute of this ca... Read More about Investigating the multi-causal and complex nature of the accident causal influence of construction project features.