313. Safeguarding the Public at Construction Sites

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Freeburg
Keyword(s):  
Construction Sites ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Control Dust Pollution on Construction Sites: What Governments Do in China?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinding Xing ◽  
Kunhui Ye ◽  
Jian Zuo ◽  
Weiyan Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Dust Control ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Dust Pollution ◽  
Dust Emissions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Free Construction ◽  
Comprehensive Examination

Dust pollution is a key issue that contractors ought to address in the sphere of sustainable construction. Governments on behalf of the public assume part of the responsibilities for minimizing dust emissions on construction sites. However, the measures that are useful for governments to fulfill such a responsibility have not been explored explicitly in previous studies. The aim of this research is to map out China’s practices in this area with the intention of filling the knowledge gap. Using a combination of research methods, five categories of governmental measures are proposed: technological, economic, supervisory, organizational, and assessment-based. Data from 37 major cities in China are collected for analysis. While the proposed categories of measures are demonstrated in China, the data analysis results show that governments prefer technological and organizational measures, and institutional guarantees and technological innovation are a prerequisite for dust-free construction. This research provides a comprehensive examination of construction dust control from the perspective of governments, and it can assist governments in improving the performance of dust management in the construction context.

Lima, João Filgueiras "Lelé" (1932–2014)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Urano Frajndlich
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Industrial Building ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Locomotor System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Building Components ◽  
Industrial Materials ◽  
Different Levels

João "Lelé" Filgueiras Lima is a public architect. Since his formative years on the construction sites of Brasília (1960) until today, his most remarkable works have been created for the public sector. This aspect of his career led him to take a very plastic approach that always relied upon economical building strategies, and often required new techniques and industrial materials. Lelé’s interest in industrial building components led him to design pieces of his own, which were used in some early public works, such as the Taguatinga Hospital (1965) and the Secretariats of Bahia Administration Center (1973). Lelé’s breakthrough came when he designed hospitals for the SARAH Kubitschek Foundation. For Brasília’s Hospital for Diseases of the Locomotor System (1980), he used an integrated approach to fulfill the normative standards for a rehabilitation facility, to keep to a tight budget, and to create shade from the extreme heat of Brasília. A gap between the different levels allows all the recovery rooms to have access to a well-shaded green terrace. Structures and cladding are made from prefabricated reinforced concrete, articulated by one-storey-high Virendell beams.

scholarly journals A PRELIMINARY SURVEY ON SAFETY PRACTICES AT CONSTRUCTION SITE: TOWARDS SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PUBLIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
pp. 300-310
Author(s):  
Nurul Ain Shuhada Azil ◽  
Izatul Laili Jabar
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Preliminary Survey ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Safety Practices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Safety And Health

The construction industry is globally known as one of the most hazardous workplaces. Companies in the construction sector are undeniably often focused on completing projects on time, which results in tight work schedules and increases the risks of regular construction site activities, especially for the public who lives in the area. Inadequate rules and regulations in public safety and construction sites not practicing the safety practices to protect the public from harm are potential to cause public accidents to happen. Additionally, little improvement in safety practices at the construction sites and lack of awareness in implementing proper safety practices at a construction site could cause the increasing the rate of public accidents too. This study merely aims to explore the safety practices to be implemented at a construction site in a way to prevent public accidents from occurring. In order to achieve the aim, this study has two (2) objectives; 1: to determine the experience in handling accident cases involving the public at a construction site, and, objective 2: to explore the safety practices to be implemented at the construction site. For this preliminary survey, the qualitative research design was selected and the total number of five (5) professional individuals specialized in safety and health in construction sites were chosen as interviewees based on their experiences in handling public safety issues in construction sites. The results show the most recommended safety practices that need to be implemented which is barricade all entrances and exits of the construction site to prevent access from the public. This study provides good insights to the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) in identifying the need for safety practices to prevent public accidents at the construction site in congested urban areas.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial and Functional Building Technology Education as a Means of Achieving Vision 2020 in Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 291-296
Author(s):  
Igwe C.O ◽  
Onoh Eze C.J .
Keyword(s):  
Technology Education ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Building Construction ◽  
Vision 2020 ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
Budgetary Allocation

Entrepreneurial and functional building technology education, if well positioned has the potentials of launching Nigeria into the first 20 world economies by the year 2020. This paper integrates the industrial, educational and entrepreneurial activities that results in increased productivity. Functional building technology career broadly categorised into professional and non-professional. The paper reviewed the entrepreneurial prospects open to the non-professional builders trained in the technical institutions equipped with the knowledge and skills to competently perform in the building construction sites as craftsmen, technicians and technologist. Also, other entrepreneurial activities in the public and private sectors at both small and medium scale capacity. The review presented inadequate budgetary allocation to the education sector, dearth of infrastructural facilities, also, the gap existing between the construction industry and the technical institutions. It recommended, increased funding and acquisition of modern equipment/machine and adequate infrastructural facilities. Also, establish a sustainable linkage between the construction industry and technical institutions. Implementation of these will result in increased productivity, robust economy and actualization of the nation’s vision 2020.

IN SEARCH OF ALTERNATIVE AWARDING CRITERIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernhard Bauer ◽  
Johannes Wall ◽  
Detlef Heck
Keyword(s):  
Price Competition ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Site Management ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
The Public ◽  
Acquisition Costs ◽  
New Criteria

In Austria, the public procurement of construction works is mainly based on two different types-the lowest acquisition costs and the most economically advantageous tender. The first one only considers the price, which means, that the contract is awarded to the bidder with the cheapest price. The other principle refers to the most economically advantageous tender, which has to be chosen for projects that exceed a certain overall tender value or are related to projects with higher complexity. This principle focuses on considering other awarding factors besides the price, but it often fails its purpose due to the lower weighting of these issues. Over the last years the market has not expanded very much, therefore there is a lot of competition related to the lowest price, which results in inadequate quality and opens up the field for further claims. In order to end the tense price competition among the competitors and to increase the quality of the projects, new criteria with serious weighting will be needed and to fulfill the most economically advantageous tender and supporting the focus on construction quality. Even though there are acknowledged guidelines dealing with environmental aspects of construction sites, like the RUMBA guideline (Richtlinien für umweltfreundliche Baustellenabwicklung-Guidelines for Sustainable Construction Site Management). However aspects of sustainability are no common standard within construction processes. To capture the common standards of sustainable measures on construction sites, and the industries’ understanding for environmental topics, research on experts in the field was done. Based on the authors’ acknowledgements, the paper targets the aspects of an environmental friendly construction site and introduces new criteria for the awarding process, and mentions some of the findings such as the “technical equipment expertise” or “sustainable construction site management”.

Construction Noise Annoyance among the Public Residents

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadirah Darus ◽  
Zaiton Haron ◽  
Siti Nadia Mohd Bakhori ◽  
Lim Ming Han ◽  
Zanariah Jahya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sound Pressure ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
High Noise ◽  
The Public ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
Sound Pressure Levels ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Construction activities generate construction noise may cause noise annoyance among the public residents. The aim of this study is to investigate the noise annoyance level due to the sound pressure levels and the distances from the construction sites. Three public resident areas around Johor which located near to the construction sites have been selected. Two important indicators such as sound pressure levels and distances between the receiver and the noise sources were measured. 42 questionnaires were randomly distributed to the public residents who live near to the construction sites. The results showed that all respondent have different annoyance levels due to the construction noise. The sound pressure levels received by the public residents are increasing with the decreasing of the distance between the receiver and the noise sources. Thus, the relationship of noise annoyance levels is directly proportional to the sound pressure levels produced from construction sites. Meanwhile, the noise annoyance levels are decreasing with the increasing of the distances. As a conclusion, the public residents who live nearer to the construction sites suffered from a high noise annoyance level as expected.

scholarly journals A GESTÃO DE RESÍDUOS DA CONSTRUÇÃO CIVIL EM TERESINA – PIAUÍ [ The management of waste of civil construction in Teresina – Piauí ]

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tércia Emanuelle Ribeiro Alves ◽  
Maria Socorro Ferreira dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
The Public ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Final Destination ◽  
Construction And Demolition Wastes ◽  
Supervision And Management

RESUMO: O impacto ambiental causado pela produção e descarte de resíduos da indústria da construção civil é um dos principais do planeta, seja pela quantidade descartada diariamente ou pelo uso irracional das jazidas de recursos naturais. Este estudo buscou investigar a gestão dos resíduos da construção civil em Teresina – Piauí e envolveu levantamento bibliográfico e pesquisa de campo que foi realizada através da aplicação de questionários, visitas a canteiros da obra de construtoras, empresas terceirizadas atuantes na coleta de entulhos de construção civil e entrevista aos órgãos de fiscalização. A aplicação dos questionários trouxe como resultados, a quantidade de empresas atuantes no município, a quantidade de resíduos produzidos pelas empresas construtoras, suas composições e a destinação final dada pelas empresas recolhedoras. A verificação quanto à atuação dos órgãos públicos responsáveis pela fiscalização e gerenciamento dos resíduos de construção e demolição, mostrou que esta não ocorre de forma regular e que o mais comum é apenas mediante denúncias. A gestão dos resíduos da construção nos canteiros de obra de Teresina é ainda bastante falha com adoção de práticas não eficazes para a amenização do impacto ambiental causado por esses resíduos, sendo bastante deficiente em relação à destinação final adequada.  O intuito do estudo foi investigar o sistema de gestão de resíduos da construção civil em Teresina – Piauí.ABSTRACT: The environmental impact caused by the production and disposal of waste from the construction industry is one of the main issues on the planet, either by the quantity discarded daily or by the irrational use of natural resource deposits. This study sought to investigate the management of construction waste in Teresina - Piauí and involved a bibliographical survey and field research that was carried out through the application of questionnaires, visits to construction sites of contractors, outsourced companies involved in the collection of civil construction debris and interview the supervisory bodies. The application of the questionnaires resulted in the number of companies operating in the municipality, the amount of waste produced by the construction companies, their composition and the final destination given by the collecting companies. The verification of the performance of the public agencies responsible for the supervision and management of construction and demolition wastes has shown that this does not occur regularly and that the most common is only through complaints. The management of construction waste at Teresina's construction sites is still quite flawed with the adoption of ineffective practices for mitigating the environmental impact caused by these wastes and is quite deficient in relation to the final destination. The purpose of the study was to investigate the waste management system of the construction industry in Teresina – Piauí.

scholarly journals Expectation and Reality: the Situation of Constructions Sites of the Ministry of Education in Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 314
Author(s):  
Tany Ingrid Sagredo Marin ◽  
Ana Caroliny Conde Lopes ◽  
Alexandre Rodrigues Serra
Keyword(s):  
Management Tool ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Integrated Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring And Control System ◽  
The Public ◽  
City Hall ◽  
Site Survey ◽  
And Control

In 2015, the Ministry of Education (MEC)  created the Integrated Monitoring and Control System (SIMEC), an operational and management tool that shows the situation of education-related constructions under city hall management on their website. The city hall managers fill the information on the system. Therefore, we wonder if the constructions´ situation pointed out by Simec reflects their real conditions. The research aims to learn the real situation of constructions described on Simec using on-site survey, observation, photographic record, and, whenever possible, using mobile applications like "Tá de Pé" (It's on) from "Transparência Brasil" (NGO) or "Eu Fiscalizo" (I supervise) from Federal General Accounting Office (a.k.a TCU in Brazilian Portuguese acronym) to send the findings. We inspected nineteen construction sites in four cities in the State of Pará. The results indicate that the situation of most of them (11 of 19) does not correspond to the information filled by the public agents in Simec. The situation indicates an absence of internal controls in MEC during the supervision of the constructions sites. Thus, we want to raise awareness about the change that can be made in society by engaged and empowered actors of social control.

MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS FOR MONITORING CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION AND COMPLIANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohlomi Terah Raliile ◽  
Theodore Conrad Haupt
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
The Public ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
Machine Learning Applications

The construction industry has, for many years, been subject to stringent health and safety legislation for the protection of workers and the public. To ensure compliance, firms must invest a great deal in resources. However, with different legislative requirements, deadlines, and fragmentation, it is easy to overlook something or implement wrong frameworks. This study aims to investigate the applications of unsupervised machine learning (ML) on monitoring health and safety legislation and compliance on construction sites. The paper provides a systematic and comprehensive review of literature from previous studies on ML applications in construction between the years 2005-2020. A literature search from online databases was conducted using keywords. A two-step literature filtration process was used to obtain relevant publications to meet the selection criteria. The findings of the study suggest that, as technology advances shaping the future of workplace safety, ML can be used to monitor compliance and set out recommendations for future standardizations in construction. Adopting ML in the can be used to process masses of information at better speeds and accuracy to make decisions and identify anomalies that would not have been identified by humans, improving compliance. This study presents the first attempt on the applications of ML for monitoring health and safety legislation and compliance on construction sites. Future research proposes to develop a tool for contractors to use to monitor compliance.

Replications can cause distorted belief in scientific progress

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Białek
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
The Public ◽  
Psychological Science

AbstractIf we want psychological science to have a meaningful real-world impact, it has to be trusted by the public. Scientific progress is noisy; accordingly, replications sometimes fail even for true findings. We need to communicate the acceptability of uncertainty to the public and our peers, to prevent psychology from being perceived as having nothing to say about reality.

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