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Cruz, C O, Marques, R C and Pereira, I (2015) Alternative Contractual Arrangements for Urban Light Rail Systems: Lessons from Two Case Studies. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

Hwang, S, Park, M, Lee, H, Lee, S and Kim, H (2015) Postdisaster Interdependent Built Environment Recovery Efforts and the Effects of Governmental Plans: Case Analysis Using System Dynamics. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

Liu, C and Lu, M (2015) Optimizing Earthmoving Job Planning Based on Evaluation of Temporary Haul Road Networks Design for Mass Earthworks Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

Naderpajouh, N, Hastak, M, Gokhale, S, Bayraktar, M E, Iyer, A and Arif, F (2015) Counterfeiting Risk Governance in the Capital Projects Supply Chain. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

Obiozo, R N and Smallwood, J J (2015) Biophilic Construction Site Model: Enhancing the Motivational and Humanistic Value of the Green Construction Site. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Biophilia; Construction; Ergonomics; Performance; Sustainability; Wellbeing; Labor and personnel issues;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000941
  • Abstract:
    85% of a construction worker’s work-day is spent on the construction site. This means that a large part of a worker’s health and wellbeing could depend on the construction site and its environs. Construction work, which is inherently stressful due to the ever present threat of fatalities and injuries, compromises the ergonomic reality and human sustenance on construction sites. This necessitates the need to create a beneficial and comfortable environment that is motivational, inspirational, and healing. The biophilic construction site model (BCSM) which involves methodology of ‘greening construction sites’, is proposed as a healthy means of tapping into the natural resources of the construction site environment. It is intended to create a comfort zone on the construction site that would generate a symbiotic benefit to enhance its humanistic value and engender the health and wellbeing and creative performance of workers. The paper reports on a case study in the form of a focus group study and a comparative analysis of two similar construction sites in the Northern Cape region of South Africa. The findings present the healthy inter-nurture existing between a living construction site and its human occupants as a cost effective psychotherapeutic intervention in sustainable sites initiative and ergonomics, which according to research findings is as of yet missing in the construction management body of knowledge (CMBOK). The paper conclusively recommends the ‘greening of construction sites’; specifically the inclusion of plants within site offices, welfare facilities and worksite premises; as a relevant means of harnessing nature’s healing and rejuvenating essence towards a more productive goal in construction.

Shuster, W D, Burkman, C E, Grosshans, J, Dadio, S and Losco, R (2015) Green Residential Demolitions: Case Study of Vacant Land Reuse in Storm Water Management in Cleveland. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

Su, Y and Lucko, G (2015) Synthetic Cash Flow Model with Singularity Functions. I: Theory for Periodic Phenomena and Time Value of Money. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

Su, Y and Lucko, G (2015) Synthetic Cash Flow Model with Singularity Functions. II: Feasible Prompt Payment Discount Scenarios. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

van Buiten, M and Hartmann, A (2015) Asset Management Perspective on the Duration of Public-Private Partnership Contracts: Cost-Control Trade-off?. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).

Zhao, X, Hwang, B, Pheng Low, S and Wu, P (2015) Reducing Hindrances to Enterprise Risk Management Implementation in Construction Firms. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 141(03).