Emerging Debates in the Construction Industry The Developing Nations Perspective 1st Edition by Ernest Kissi, Clinton Aigbavboa, Wellington Didibhuku Thwala ISBN 9781000880694 1000880699

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ISBN 10: 1000880699
ISBN 13: 9781000880694
Author: Ernest Kissi, Clinton Aigbavboa, Wellington Didibhuku Thwala

Emerging Debates in the Construction Industry The Developing Nations Perspective 1st Edition Table of contents:

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

1.3 Inclusion of the vulnerable in the construction industry

1.4 Challenges faced by the vulnerable in their inclusion

1.5 Strategies for the inclusion of the vulnerable

1.6 Framework toward inclusion and diversity in the construction industry

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

2.4 Impacts of pandemics on the economic growth of Africa

2.5 Measures for addressing the impacts of pandemics in Africa

2.6 Conclusion

References

3 Collaborative Flow of Work in the Construction Industry

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Evolution and progress in collaborative workflow

3.3 Attributes of collaborative workflow, planning, and management

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

4.6 Conclusion

References

5 Espousal of Zero Carbon Emission in Buildings: Empirical Analysis of Propelling Measures

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Carbon emissions in buildings

5.3 Research methodology

5.4 Discussion of the drivers

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

6.3 Construction 4.0

6.4 Barriers to the adoption of Construction 4.0 in developing countries

6.5 Conclusion

References

7 Digital Capabilities in the Construction Industry

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Theories for digital capabilities

7.3 Digital construction and digital capabilities in the construction industry

7.4 Enabling approaches to digital capabilities

7.5 Case for digital capabilities 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

8.4 The 4th Industrial Revolution and skills development

8.5 Challenges of the integration of the 4th Industrial Revolution in skills development

8.6 Strategies for 4th Industrial Revolution in skills development

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

9.4 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

10.3 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

11.3 Survey of features of CI for CA in the existing literature

11.4 Methodology

11.5 Discussions

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

12.3 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

13.4 Model application using fault tree analysis and social network analysis

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

14.5 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

15.5 Enablers of safety on construction sites

15.6 Workers’ safety experience

15.7 Study implications

15.8 Conclusion

References

Index

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