Safety climate in construction industry the case of Gaza strip

The construction industry plays an important role in the social and economic development in Palestine. Safety in the construction industry is considered a major issue in developed and developing countries. Palestine's construction suffers recently from poor safety and health conditions as safety rules do not exists and work hazards at the workplace are not perceived. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the perceptions of construction workers regarding safey climate and safety behavior work in Gaza Strip construction sites. It will also explore the relationship between personal characteristics of constuction workers and safety climate/safe work behavior. Furthermore, the relationship between safety climate and safe work behavior will be explored. The methodology adopted in this paper was based on comprehensive questionnaire targeting the construction workers. 300 questionnaires were distributed and 246 questionnaires were collected and then analyzed to achieve the research objectives. It was found that construction workers have positive attitude and perception towards safety climate and safe work behavior. There exist a positive relationship between safety climate and safe work behavior. There is an impact of experience, field of work, smoking habit, and job on safety climate. In contrast, the personal characteristics; marital status, direct employer, educational level, family members to support, skill levels have no influence on safety climate. There exist a relationship between personal characteristics age, experience, field of work, smoking habit, educational level, and job on the field safe work behavior. On the other hand no impact

SAFE WORK BEHAVIOR IN GAZA STRIP CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Safety is the most challenging issue in Gaza Strip construction industry. Palestinian construction industry suffers recently from poor safety and health conditions as safety rules do not exists and work hazards at the workplace are not perceived. The objective of this paper is to investigate the perceptions of construction workers regarding safey behavior in Gaza Strip construction site . The methodology adopted is based on questionnaire targeting the construction workers. A total number of 300 questionnaires were distributed to workers in the construction sites, while 246 questionnaires were completed which represent the perception of construction workers in Gaza strip and then analyzed to achieve the research objective. The results showed that the workers attitude towards safety varies according to type of work and the perception of the degree of risk associated with their jobs. In addition, more than one-third of respondents have a bad degree of risk awareness as they believe that working with a certain amount of risk exciting

SAFETY CLIMATE FOR SITE ENGINEERS IN CONSTRUCTION SITES

This paper aimed to investigate the perceptions of site engineers regarding safety climate in Gaza Strip construction sites. It also explored the relationship between personal characteristics of site engineers and safety climate. The adopted methodology was based on comprehensive questionnaire targeting site engineers. A total number of Eighty eight questionnaires were distributed; Seventy three questionnaires were received and analyzed to achieve the objectives. Site engineers responded positively towards safety climate. Almost half of site engineers have never received any safety training. The results indicated that only marital status and safety training received, among all personal characteristics, have an influence on safety climate. KEYWORDS: Safety, Construction Industry, Site Engineers, Gaza Strip

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENTAL PROJECTS IN EGYPT

The identification of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for construction projects enables appropriate decision making to achieve the project objectives. Limited studies focused on the CSFs in previous researches particularly in Egypt. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the CSFs necessary to achieve Governmental Projects objectives in Egypt. A number of CSFs have been determined through a comprehensive literature review. These factors were grouped under five main groups: project aspects, owner, contractor, consultant, and environment. A questionnaire was developed to facilitate systematic data collection in this study. Experts with an overall average of 20 years of experience in the construction industry were invited to participate in the survey. The results of this survey were ranked based on their degrees of importance in relation to success using the relative importance index. The results can be used as a guideline to successfully handle construction projects in Egypt as well as in other developing countries