Emerging Debates in the Construction Industry: The Developing Nations' Perspective

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgement
Foreword
Preface
Part I: Sustainability: Social, Economic and Environmental
1. Diversity and Inclusion in the Construction Industry: The Vulnerability Factor
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The vulnerability concept
1.2.1 Gender: women
1.2.2 People with disability
1.2.3 The age factor
1.3 Inclusion of the vulnerable in the construction industry
1.3.1 Gender in construction: women
1.3.2 People with disability in construction
1.3.3 Old and new generations in construction (Age)
1.4 Challenges faced by the vulnerable in their inclusion
1.4.1 Construction 'man' industry
1.4.2 Is physical ability a measure of capability?
1.4.3 Experiences of the experienced and the green
1.5 Strategies for the inclusion of the vulnerable
1.5.1 Women's inclusion in the construction industry
1.5.2 Disability inclusion in the construction
1.5.3 Age inclusion in the construction industry
1.6 Framework toward inclusion and diversity in the construction industry
1.6.1 Assessing the job needs
1.6.2 Determination of job areas in construction
1.7 Conclusion
References
2. Pandemics and the Construction Industry in Developing Countries
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Brief history of pandemics: Understanding pandemics
2.3 Pandemics in Africa
2.3.1 COVID-19: Global and Africa outlook
2.3.2 HIV-AIDS
2.4 Impacts of pandemics on the economic growth of Africa
2.4.1 Impacts of pandemics on the African construction sector
2.4.1.1 The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the construction industry in Africa
2.4.1.2 Impact of HIV-AIDS on construction in Africa
2.5 Measures for addressing the impacts of pandemics in Africa
2.5.1 Restructuring construction contracts procurement
2.5.2 Social protection programmes
2.5.3 Adopt robust and effective approaches the forecasting potential pandemics
2.5.4 Digitisation
2.5.5 Accelerated infrastructure development
2.5.6 African-wide pandemic policy and legislations championed by the African union
2.5.7 Industry-Academia collaboration
2.6 Conclusion
References
3. Collaborative Flow of Work in the Construction Industry
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Evolution and progress in collaborative workflow
3.2.1 Theoretical perspectives of collaborative workflow
3.3 Attributes of collaborative workflow, planning, and management
3.3.1 Business environment for collaborative workflow
3.3.2 Human behaviours for collaborative workflow
3.4 Challenges faced in team and inter-organisational collaborative workflow
3.5 Tools for collaborative workflow integration
3.6 Conclusion and implications
References
4. Green Financing of Infrastructure Projects in the Construction Industry: Case of Sub-Saharan Africa
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Understanding green finance
4.3 Economic factors underpinning green financing of infrastructure projects
4.4 Environmental factors underlying green financing adoption of infrastructure projects
4.5 Approaches to green financing of infrastructure projects in the construction industry
4.5.1 Infrastructure project financing
4.5.2 Green bonds
4.5.3 Green bond market in Africa
4.6 Conclusion
References
5. Espousal of Zero Carbon Emission in Buildings: Empirical Analysis of Propelling Measures
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Carbon emissions in buildings
5.2.1 Drivers of zero carbon adoption
5.3 Research methodology
5.3.1 Drivers of the adoption of zero carbon emission in buildings
5.3.2 Exploratory factor analysis
5.4 Discussion of the drivers
5.4.1 Government policies and regulations
5.4.2 Financial and economic incentives
5.4.3 Socio-cultural mechanisms
5.5 Conclusion and recommendations
References
Part II: 4th Industrial Revolution
6. Overview of the 4th Industrial Revolution in the Construction Industry
6.1 Introduction
6.2 4th Industrial Revolution
6.2.1 General overview of Industry 4.0 in developing countries
6.3 Construction 4.0
6.3.1 Internet of things
6.3.2 Computer-aided design technologies
6.3.3 3D printing
6.3.4 Big data
6.3.5 Artificial intelligence and robotics
6.4 Barriers to the adoption of Construction 4.0 in developing countries
6.4.1 Financial barriers
6.4.2 Institutional barriers
6.4.3 Societal barriers
6.4.4 Infrastructure barriers
6.4.5 Knowledge barrier
6.5 Conclusion
References
7. Digital Capabilities in the Construction Industry
7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 Digital capabilities
7.2 Theories for DC
7.3 Digital construction and DC in the construction industry
7.3.1 Digital Mindset
7.3.2 Digital investment/infrastructure
7.3.3 Digital skillset
7.4 Enabling approaches to DC
7.4.1 Firm-based approach
7.4.2 External-based approach
7.5 Case for DC in developing countries
7.6 Conclusion
References
8. Skills Development in the 4th Industrial Revolution: The Construction Industry
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The 4th industrial revolution
8.3 Skills development
8.3.1 Soft skills
8.3.2 Hard skills
8.3.3 Skill development in the construction industry
8.4 The 4th Industrial Revolution and skills development
8.4.1 Skills required by construction industry professionals in the 4th Industrial Revolution
8.5 Challenges of the integration of the 4th Industrial Revolution in skills development
8.5.1 Resource constraints
8.5.2 Infrastructure and technology issues
8.5.3 Skills mismatch
8.5.4 Lack of knowledge of the disruptive changes connected to 4IR
8.5.5 Organizational and employee culture
8.6 Strategies for 4th Industrial Revolution in skills development
8.6.1 Investing in the retraining of current staff using innovative funding approaches
8.6.2 Development and implementation of "future-proof" primary and vocational curriculum
8.6.3 Investing in technological infrastructure
8.6.4 Encouraging lifelong learning
8.6.5 Redefining the role of human resources
8.6.6 Aligning stakeholder objectives and approaches
8.6.7 Introducing a culture of learning and acceptance of 4IR technologies and concepts
8.7 Conclusion
References
9. Mobile Device Applications in the Construction Industry
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Research method
9.3 Mobile apps for built environment professionals
9.3.1 Apps for contractors and project managers
9.3.2 Apps for architects
9.3.3 Apps for quantity surveyors
9.3.4 Apps for civil engineers
9.4 Discussions
9.5 Conclusion
References
10. Systemic Capacity Building of Built Environment Professionals for Construction 4.0: A Review of Concepts
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Industry 4.0 within the construction industry
10.2.1 Challenges of Construction4.0 adoption
10.3 Capacity building for Construction 4.0
10.3.1 Construction 4.0 capacity needs
10.3.2 Capacity building for Construction 4.0: A systems approach
10.3.3 Capacity building dimensions for Construction 4.0
10.3.4 Types of capacity for Construction 4.0
10.3.5 Levels of capacity building for Construction 4.0
10.3.6 Stages of capacity building for Construction 4.0
10.3.7 Outcomes of capacity building for Construction 4.0
10.4 Conclusion
References
11. Competitive Intelligence Features and Competitive Advantage of Construction Firms in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Competitive intelligence
11.2.1 Theoretical background
11.2.2 Entrepreneurs' behavioural intelligence
11.3 Survey of features of CI for CA in the existing literature
11.3.1 Market intelligence
11.3.2 Technological intelligence
11.3.3 Competitors' intelligence
11.3.4 Hypothesis
11.4 Methodology
11.4.1 Data analysis
11.4.2 Assessment of common method bias
11.5 Discussions
11.5.1 Hypothesis testing
11.6 Conclusion
References
Part III: Health and Safety
12. Transfer of Construction Safety Knowledge to Project Host Communities: Naivety or Plausible?
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Characteristics of knowledge and its transfer
12.2.1 Knowledge and knowledge types
12.2.2 Knowledge transfer
12.3 The construction industry and knowledge transfer
12.4 Construction safety knowledge
12.5 Conceptualising a conceivable safety knowledge transfer
12.6 Why it is a plausible concept?
12.7 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
13. Visualization and Interpretation of Resilient Safety Culture: Integrated Social Network Modeling
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Resilient safety culture model
13.3 Research method
13.3.1 Social network analysis
13.3.2 Fault tree analysis
13.4 Model application using fault tree analysis and social network analysis
13.4.1 Results and analysis
13.4.2 Network attributes
13.4.3 Node attributes
13.5 Discussion
13.6 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Appendix
14. Discomforts Experienced by Construction Workers with Safety Helmet Use: Experiences from the Ghanaian Construction Industry
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Safety helmet discomforts and mitigation strategies
14.3 Methodology
14.4 Results
14.4.1 Management of discomforts with helmets
14.5 Discussion
14.6 Conclusion
References
15. Understanding Safety of Construction Sites: Construction Site Workers' Experience
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Safety enablers
15.3 Workers' safety experience on construction sites
15.4 Methodology
15.4.1 Respondent background
15.5 Enablers of safety on construction sites
15.6 Workers' safety experience
15.7 Study implications
15.8 Conclusion
References
Index