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Aboagye-Nimo, E, Wood, H and Collison, J (2019) Complexity of women’s modern-day challenges in construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2550–65.

Hampton, P, Chinyio, E A and Riva, S (2019) Framing stress and associated behaviours at work. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2566–80.

Jin, Z, Gambatese, J, Liu, D and Dharmapalan, V (2019) Using 4D BIM to assess construction risks during the design phase. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2637–54.

M.D., D and Mahesh, G (2019) Developing a knowledge-based safety culture instrument for construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2597–613.

Manu, P, Poghosyan, A, Mahamadu, A, Mahdjoubi, L, Gibb, A, Behm, M and Akinade, O O (2019) Design for occupational safety and health: key attributes for organisational capability. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2614–36.

Mzyece, D, Ndekugri, I E and Ankrah, N A (2019) Building information modelling (BIM) and the CDM regulations interoperability framework. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2682–704.

Nnaji, C, Gambatese, J, Karakhan, A and Eseonu, C (2019) Influential safety technology adoption predictors in construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2655–81.

Oswald, D, Sherratt, F and Smith, S (2019) Managing production pressures through dangerous informality: a case study. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2581–96.

Regis, M F, Alberte, E P V, Lima, D d S and Freitas, R L S (2019) Women in construction: shortcomings, difficulties, and good practices. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2535–49.

Rodrigues Santos de Melo, R and Bastos Costa, D (2019) Integrating resilience engineering and UAS technology into construction safety planning and control. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2705–22.

Sherratt, F and Ivory, C (2019) Managing “a little bit unsafe”: complexity, construction safety and situational self-organising. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 26(11), 2519–34.

• Type: Journal Article
• Keywords: Complexity; Safety; Management; Social constructionism; Construction site; Construction safety; Situational self-organising;
• ISBN/ISSN: 0969-9988
• URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-09-2018-0376
• Abstract:
  The purpose of this paper is to unpack the shared understandings of safety held by workers on large UK construction sites using a complexity lens, and so provide empirical support for the inclusion of situational self-organising within construction site safety management systems (SMS). A social constructionist epistemology supports the discourse analysis of talk (semi-structured interview and conversational), text (SMS and documentation) and visual (safety related signage) data collection from five large (+£20 m) UK construction sites. Construction workers readily understand safety to be an emergent phenomenon with the complex system that is the construction site. Contemporary safety management approaches struggle with this complexity, yet there is the potential to mobilise situational self-organising on sites to improve safety in practice. Epistemological foundations mean no claim is made to generalisability as perceived by traditional positivistic parameters. The data are limited to large (+£20 m) UK construction sites; however, underlying construction management systems are common to the industry as a whole and can find fit with practitioner experiences and other empirical academic work from both the UK and other countries. Situational self-organising of safety management within the construction workforce is proposed as a key contribution to a relevant, dynamic and effective SMS. Data are analysed from a social constructionist perspective and considered through a complexity lens. This approach unpacks these data in an original way to seek synergy with existing adaptive safety approaches, specifically situational self-organising and make recommendations for practice.