The Future of Construction: Investigating the Latest Trends and Innovations in Off-Site Construction Solutions for Worker Safety in the United Arab Emirates

Maryam Omar AlZarooni () and Hamad S. J. Rashid ()
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Maryam Omar AlZarooni: University of Sharjah
Hamad S. J. Rashid: University of Sharjah

Chapter Chapter 27 in Business Analytics and Decision Making in Practice, 2024, pp 355-377 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract One of the riskiest industries for workers is the construction industry, which has the highest fatal accidents death rate when compared to other industries. With the potential for falls, being struck by things, electrocution, and getting trapped between objects, safety is a major issue for those working in the construction business. Therefore, improving workers safety in controlled environments is a fundamental requirement within the construction industry that is growing in the United Arab Emirates. Although prefabrication and modular construction are now continuing to have increasing trends in the construction industry and have a significant impact in increasing the efficiency, nevertheless, it is feared that this new construction approach would bring new threats to worker’s safety or can have its positive effect on safety. Accordingly, this research aims to evaluate the influence introduced by the new prefabrication technology on workers safety within construction sites. A questionnaire was used to gather data from the relevant parties, which included project managers, project engineers, safety engineers, site engineers and workers. The questionnaire was divided into three primary sections: Training and Education, Safety Compliance, and Incident Rates. 106 participants from various construction companies in the United Arab Emirates provided the pertinent data, which was then analyzed using three-way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) technique to examine the relationship between the three mentioned variables. The gained results showed that the Incident Rates, Safety Compliance, Training and Education were all statistically significant. The interaction between all three variables showed no combined effect on the safety score.

Keywords: Construction management; Prefabricated construction; Risk management; Safety compliance; Worker safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-61589-4_27

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