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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 15, 2014
Building Surveying, Facilities Management and Engineering Conference (BSFMEC 2014)
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Article Number | 01008 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20141501008 | |
Published online | 19 August 2014 |
Contractors’ Attitude towards Enhancing Safety Performance: Case Study on Construction Firms in Penang
1 School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
2 Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, UiTM Perak, Seri Iskandar Campus, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
A qualitative study was conducted to investigate the contractors’ attitude towards enhancing the safety performance in construction site. Despite the fact that there are many safety initiatives established by the government, the rates of accidents are still in a critically high condition. Thus the purpose of this research is to study the contractors’ attitude towards enhancing the implementation of safety management system in construction site in order to increase the safety awareness of construction practitioners in construction site and improve the safety condition of construction sites. This study is conducted through oral interviews with the construction practitioners, and visual inspection of construction sites. The attitudes of contractors are evaluated from 3 aspects: Contractors’ efforts in implement and enforce the safety rules, Contractors efforts in overcoming the rate of accidents, and Reasons given by the contractors for not implement safety law.
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