Critical Success Factors for Safety Program Implementation of Regeneration of Abandoned Industrial Building Projects in China: A Fuzzy DEMATEL Approach

Qing Chai, Huimin Li, Wei Tian and Yang Zhang
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Qing Chai: School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Huimin Li: School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Wei Tian: School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Yang Zhang: School of Management, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 1-23

Abstract: The regeneration of abandoned industrial buildings (RAIBs) has received extensive attention in urban renewal efforts to achieve urban sustainable development goals. Meanwhile, the construction safety performance of RAIBs is a major challenge with increasing RAIB projects in China. Safety programs have been considered as one of the proactive methods to effectively reduce accidents and injuries in the construction industry. Various studies have conducted critical success factors (CSFs) that influence the effective implementation of safety programs in new buildings. However, the CSFs affecting the construction safety program implementation of RAIBs were ignored. The aim of this study is to determine CSFs that affect the safety program implementation of RAIB projects. First, sixteen factors were identified combining characteristics of RAIBs with literature reviews and experts’ opinion. Second, the fuzzy set theory and decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) approach are proposed to identify the influencing degree of the factors and categorize these factors into cause-and-effect groups. Then, according to the causal diagram, management support (C1), allocation of authority and responsibility (C3), control of subcontractor (C5), personal attitude (C9), and safety inspections and hazard assessment (C14) are identified as the CSFs for the safety program implementation of RAIBs’ construction. This study guides the managers and stakeholders to especially concentrate on these CSFs in order to improve the efficiency of the safety program implementation of RAIB projects with limited resources. This study also will contribute to the improvement of safety performance and to the sustainable development goal of RAIB projects.

Keywords: abandoned industrial buildings; regeneration; safety program; fuzzy DEMATEL; urban renewal; sustainable; safety performance; CSFs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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