Integrating health and safety into labour-only procurement system: Opportunities, barriers and strategies
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Integrating health and safety into labour-only procurement system: Opportunities, barriers and strategies |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3137 |
3415 | |
Book Title | Construction Health and Safety in Developing Countries |
Authors | Umeokafor, Nnedinma (Author), Windapo, Abimbola (Author) and Olatunji, Oluwole (Author) |
Editors | Manu, Patrick, Emuze, Fidelis, Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu and Hadikusumo, Bonaventura H. W. |
Page Range | 140-151 |
Chapter Number | 10 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Taylor & Francis | |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781138317079 |
9780429455377 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429455377 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9780429455377-10/integrating-health-safety-labour-procurement-system-nnedinma-umeokafor-abimbola-windapo-oluwole-olatunji |
Abstract | Integration of Health and Safety (H&S) into procurement is a proactive approach to improving H&S culture in project development processes, more effective than reactive and active strategies. Nonetheless, procurement approaches that support H&S culture has received limited attention in construction research. This paper examines Labour-only Procurement System (LoPS) towards eliciting key barriers, opportunities and strategies for incorporating H&S into this growing procurement approach. Systematic review of literature is the main method of the study. Findings suggest clients are highly involved in LoPS. They control and monitor objectives including H&S. We argue that extant clients’ approach present a mixture of opportunities and barriers to facilitating robust H&S outcomes in construction projects. This is because in LoPS, inexperienced clients have unreserved rights to undertake leadership responsibilities and this often compromise H&S outcomes of their projects and projects environment. We also found that traditional contract documents, in the ways they define stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities, remain barriers to integrating H&S into LoPS. This is because these documents have been the tradition long before the industry commenced the renewal of its efforts at promoting H&S culture. One the other hand, incorporating H&S in LoPS triggers insights from cost-effectiveness H&S strategies and H&S culture also benefits from risk-benefit transfer between construction contract parties. LoPS encourages early-stage collaboration and effective negotiation that could lead to appropriate revisions to the definitions of H&S responsibilities of contract parties. Conclusions of the study are drawn from robust conceptual theories in a way that inspires empirical studies. |
Keywords | Health and Safety, Labour-only Procurement System (LoPS), project success, risk-benefit transfer |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 330299. Building not elsewhere classified |
330207. Quantity surveying | |
330203. Building industry studies | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | University College of Estate Management, United Kingdom |
University of Cape Town, South Africa | |
Curtin University | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7450/integrating-health-and-safety-into-labour-only-procurement-system-opportunities-barriers-and-strategies
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