IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/etm/ijsrst/v11y2024i4id263.html

Improving Health and Safety Performance of Construction through Lean Construction in Ghana : Drivers, Enablers and Constraints

Author

Listed:
  • Mohammed Abdul-Latif

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to see how lean technology may be applied to improve safety and health performance in Ghana's building construction sector. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from civil/structural engineers, architects, construction managers, services engineers, and quantity surveyors that work in the construction industry. The sample was chosen using the purposeful sampling technique, taking into account the construction experts' years of experience. The findings reveal that, building construction projects in Ghana may perform better if lean construction methods are applied correctly. Based on this finding, it is recommended that training, planning and proper layout of construction site so as to eliminate overlapping of movements on site, and building trust in working relations and working together as an effective team where the key strategies for improving health and safety performance of projects through lean construction technology.

Suggested Citation

  • Mohammed Abdul-Latif, 2024. "Improving Health and Safety Performance of Construction through Lean Construction in Ghana : Drivers, Enablers and Constraints," International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology, Technoscience Academy, vol. 11(4), pages 114-118, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:etm:ijsrst:v11:y2024:i4:id:263
    DOI: 10.32628/IJSRST24114113
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ijsrst.com/home/article/view/IJSRST24114113
    File Function: Abstract page
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://ijsrst.com/home/article/download/IJSRST24114113/IJSRST24114113
    File Function: Full text
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.32628/IJSRST24114113?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:etm:ijsrst:v11:y2024:i4:id:263. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Pankaj Sharma (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://ijsrst.com/home .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.