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Identifying the Critical Factors Affecting Safety Program
Performance for Construction Projects within Pakistan
Construction Industry Keywords: Safety Culture, Critical Safety Factors, Construction Performance Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology Volume 32 , Issue 2 ZUBAIR AHMED MEMON,KANYA LAL KHATRI,ALLAH BUX MEMON Abstract Many studies have shown that the construction industry one of the most hazardous industries with its high rates of fatalities and injuries and high financial losses incurred through work related accident. To reduce or overcome the safety issues on construction sites, different safety programs are introduced by construction firms. A questionnaire survey study was conducted to highlight the influence of the Construction Safety Factors on safety program implementation. The input from the questionnaire survey was analyzed by using AIM (Average Index Method) and rank correlation test was conducted between different groups of respondents to measure the association between different groups of respondent. The finding of this study highlighted that management support is the critical factor for implementing the safety program on projects. From statistical test, it is concluded that all respondent groups were strongly in the favor of management support factor as CSF (Critical Success Factor). The findings of this study were validated on selected case studies. Results of the case studies will help to know the effect of the factors on implementing safety programs during the execution stage. |