Developing Key Safety Management Factors for Construction Projects in China: A Resilience Perspective

Zheng Zhu, Jingfeng Yuan, Qiuhu Shao, Lei Zhang, Guangqi Wang and Xuewei Li
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Zheng Zhu: Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Jingfeng Yuan: Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Qiuhu Shao: Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Lei Zhang: Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Guangqi Wang: China Construction Communications Engineering Group Corp. Ltd., Beijing 100000, China
Xuewei Li: Department of Construction and Real Estate, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 17, 1-20

Abstract: It is acknowledged that construction safety is pivotal to the project management objectives. Meanwhile, the concept of resilience provides an effective and pragmatic countermeasure to improve the safety management level of construction projects. However, the “resilience” has not gained considerable attention in the construction safety management system. In this context, the paper aims to develop the key safety management factors for construction projects from the resilience perspective. Firstly, the theoretical framework and key safety management factors of construction safety management system based on the resilience theory are proposed. The importance of each factor is then obtained by using the method of structural equation modeling (SEM). The results indicate that information management, material and technology management, organization management and personnel management would improve the safety and resilience of the project. Specifically, improving the resilience of information flow to strengthen the interaction among elements of the system can enhance the safety management level. These findings can be used as references for construction safety managers to improve the abilities of preventing safety accidents and recovering after safety accidents.

Keywords: construction projects; safety management; resilience; SEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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