Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria

The construction industry business in Nigeria like in other countries cannot be tackled effectively without harnessing the construction health and safety regulations to safeguard the health of the workers and the entire community. This paper seeks to assess quantity surveyors’ perception of constru...

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Main Authors:	Famakin, Ibukun Oluwadara, Fawehinmi, Olaotan Steve
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2012
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6559/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6559/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6559/1/49-82-1-SM.pdf

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spelling	ukm-65592016-12-14T06:41:32Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6559/ Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria Famakin, Ibukun Oluwadara Fawehinmi, Olaotan Steve The construction industry business in Nigeria like in other countries cannot be tackled effectively without harnessing the construction health and safety regulations to safeguard the health of the workers and the entire community. This paper seeks to assess quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health and safety regulations in Nigeria. Data was collected using the questionnaire survey distributed among Nigerian quantity surveyors and statistical tools employed include percentages and mean score ranking. The study revealed that construction health and safety is still perceived to be more important than the traditional project parameters in the form of cost and quality. Improved quality is discovered to have the greatest impact of construction health and safety on project parameter. The study recommends that health and safety should be included as a project parameter and that related practice notes and guidelines should be evolved for all project stakeholders. Penerbit UKM 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6559/1/49-82-1-SM.pdf Famakin, Ibukun Oluwadara and Fawehinmi, Olaotan Steve (2012) Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria. Journal of Building Performance, 3 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2180-2106 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/index.html
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description	The construction industry business in Nigeria like in other countries cannot be tackled effectively without harnessing the construction health and safety regulations to safeguard the health of the workers and the entire community. This paper seeks to assess quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health and safety regulations in Nigeria. Data was collected using the questionnaire survey distributed among Nigerian quantity surveyors and statistical tools employed include percentages and mean score ranking. The study revealed that construction health and safety is still perceived to be more important than the traditional project parameters in the form of cost and quality. Improved quality is discovered to have the greatest impact of construction health and safety on project parameter. The study recommends that health and safety should be included as a project parameter and that related practice notes and guidelines should be evolved for all project stakeholders.
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author	Famakin, Ibukun Oluwadara Fawehinmi, Olaotan Steve
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author_facet	Famakin, Ibukun Oluwadara Fawehinmi, Olaotan Steve
author_sort	Famakin, Ibukun Oluwadara
title	Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria
title_short	Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria
title_full	Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria
title_sort	quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in nigeria
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2012
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Quantity surveyors’ perception of construction health & saftey regulation in Nigeria

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