Green Construction Project Health and Safety Management

Emel Sadikoglu and Sevilay Demirkesen

Chapter 13 in Developing a Body of Knowledge for Green Construction Project Management, 2024, pp 403-453 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Safety is of utmost importance in terms of eliminating work-related injuries, accidents, and fatalities in construction projects. Occupational health and safety are an essential part of the social dimension of sustainability. A green construction project needs to focus on the health and safety of workers to become truly sustainable. Even though green construction inherently aims to improve health and safety, green design and construction practices may have both positive and negative effects on occupational health and safety. Hence, the safety risks that occur due to green construction practices should be identified and mitigated appropriately. This chapter compares health and safety in green and conventional projects. Green rating systems are inspected regarding their effect on health and safety. Common safety risks are compared in green and conventional construction projects. The chapter reviews safety management elements in green and conventional projects. The chapter further discusses a set of factors affecting health and safety performance in green and conventional construction projects. The chapter provides practical examples and case studies existing in the literature. The chapter concludes that there is no strict evidence confirming that the health and safety performance is higher or lower in green construction projects. In different aspects, green design and construction practices may affect health and safety both positively and negatively, and several factors, such as country, contractor type, project type, and worker skills, may play an important role. Even though the existing literature discusses the health and safety risks in green construction projects, a holistic framework should be developed. Further, a comparison of health and safety performance in green and conventional projects is missing. Hence, further research is required in this area. Researchers and policymakers might benefit from the implications of this chapter to revise and revisit their studies on health and safety in green construction.

Keywords: Project Management; Construction Management; Environmental Management; Green Construction Project Management; Green Construction Management; Body of Knowledge; Green Building; Green Construction; Sustainable Building; Sustainable Construction; Circular Economy; Resilience; Climate Change; Carbon Emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L74 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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