- Title
- A conceptualisation of the effect of resilience on safety in construction refurbishment projects
- Creator
- Ranasinghe Ranawalage, Udara; Jefferies, Marcus; Davis, Peter; Pillay, Manikam
- Relation
- Joint CIB WO99 & TG59 International Web-Conference 2020 Good Health, Wellbeing & Decent Work. Proceedings of the Joint CIB W099 & TG59 International Web-Conference 2020: Good Health, Wellbeing & Decent Work (Online 08-10 September, 2020) p. 295-306
- Relation
- https://www.w099tg592020.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130510093/cib_proceedings_2020.pdf
- Publisher
- The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Purpose: The advance of resilience as a safety approach has contributed to improved safety performance in complex work systems. Although, passive forms of safety behaviour are more than appropriate for managing known risks, proactivity is crucial in achieving enhanced safety outcomes. This is particular to uncertain work environments such as building refurbishment projects, which is the focus of this research. Presently it remains unclear how a resilient work environment can achieve improved safety performance where latent conditions manifest in refurbishment projects. This study aims to conceptualise the role of a resilient work environment to help achieve better safety performance in building refurbishment projects. Design: An extensive review of the literature related to resilience engineering theory and project uncertainty was undertaken. The review helped conceptualise the relationship between the constructs of project uncertainty, resilient work environment and safety performance. Findings: The research provides a conceptual model which helps to explain the moderating effect of a resilient work environment, comparing project uncertainty and safety performance in building refurbishment projects. The conceptual model also proposes hypotheses relating to the effect of project uncertainty and resilient work environment on safety performance. Limitations: A broad range of indicators for assessing these notions are available, for focus, the study has selected to use the indicators that are integral to the cultural and managerial perspective of resilience. Originality and practical implications: The model would help to provide a theoretical basis for creating a resilient work environment in order to achieve more consistent levels of high safety performance despite uncertainty in building refurbishment projects. Therefore, the findings will assist construction organisations to facilitate and maximise safety outcomes through successfully engineering resilience in their projects.
- Subject
- building refurbishment; construction safety; resilience; safety performance
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1424330
- Identifier
- uon:38057
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781905866984
- Language
- eng
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