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    Barriers to the implementation of insurance policy for site workers' safety in construction projects in Abuja
    (School of Environmental Technology International Conference (SETIC 2024), 2024-11-07) Abubakar M. Mahmood, Abdullateef A. Shittu, Alumbugu, Polycarp Olaku, Tsado J. Abel
    The workplace environment in the Nigerian construction industry remains one of the most dangerous workplaces among all industries because of high number and frequency of accidents. In spite of provision of Insurance Act and availability of H&s policies with specific insurance and risk management considerations to combat high number and frequency of accidents; Insurance policy implementation for site workers' safety continues to suffer major setbacks due to poor compliance structure, ineffective implementation strategy by the insurance regulator and lack of awareness on the part of the Nigerian public. Thus, injuries, fatalities and death from construction related activities appears unabated. This study examines the barriers to the implementation of insurance policies for the safety of site workers in construction projects in Abuja, Nigeria with a view to enhancing the safety performance and productivity of construction workers on site. Survey research design was adopted and data were collected using structured questionnaires distributed to • construction/insurance professionals and contractors selected within Abuja, Nigeria, Descriptive statistics was used for the analysis. The study identified several barriers under five major categories, out of which the major ones were "Lack of trust in insurance providers" (MIS = 4.56), "Low or total lack of awareness of the various insurance policies" (MIS= 4.42). "Unwillingness to pay insurance claims leading to long period taken to settle insurance related problems* (MIS = 4.24), Non or inadequate enforcement of compulsory insurance" (MIS = 4.21). Hence, it was concluded that the barriers to the implementation of insurance policy for site workers' safety on construction sites as revealed by the findings above, is high and it has a detrimental effect on the overall construction projects output if left unchecked. Thus, it was recommended that In order to improve the level of compliance with insurance policy for site workers' safety in construction sites, construction stakeholders should develop a mechanism that will adequately minimized the barriers identified by this study by using the most effective drivers to combat such barriers.
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    Empirical Study on Rainfall Patterns and Construction Programme Provisions in Jos, Nigeria
    (West African Journal of Building and Road Research. © Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), Nigerian & Building and Road Research Institute of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-BRRI), Ghana, 2017-11-30) Olubajo, Oluseun Olukemi; Olawuyi, Babatunde James
    Weather conditions affect the duration and cost of construction activities, and many companies have neglected the need to consider the exact empirical effect it has on the delivery of construction projects. This prompted an investigation on the precipitation patterns in Jos Metropolis of Plateau State, Nigeria and its effects on the delivery of construction projects. The study evaluated the amount and frequency of yearly precipitation in Jos, and compared it with the provisions made by Builders and Construction Managers in preparing construction programmes and determined its effect on the construction projects delivery. A Mixed design approach was adopted with Rainfall data collected from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency for over a 10 year period as well as from structured questionnaires. The Data was analysed using mean and percentages. The study concluded that the provisions made for idle or rain days in preparation of work programmes for construction projects were in most cases inaccurate and thus affected the performance of the construction projects. The study suggests measures to be adopted by stakeholders towards better project outcome.