Health and safety in the construction industry during pandemics

流行病期间建筑业的健康和安全

• 批准号: 552122-2020
• 负责人: ElDiraby, Tamer
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=703507
• 关键词: Health; safety; construction; industry; during

The objective of this proposal is to collate and disseminate best practices about site safety and workers' health during pandemics, and use that to a) support practitioners in reengineering their practices, and b) inform policymakers regarding possible roadmaps for a sustained policy on safety during pandemics. Aside from the health industry, safety in construction sites during pandemics should be a top priority. Like the important industries of farming and logistics, construction work is primarily conducted outdoors. Uniquely, however, construction sites are temporary workplaces, which makes ensuring consistent health and adequate hygiene facilities a challenge. Construction work in infrastructure operations and emergency management is essential to the functioning of the economy and well-being of communities. At the tail end of pandemics, investments in new construction are the most used mechanism to boost the economy. Finally, because of the temporary and project-oriented nature of business models in the industry, many construction workers are some of the most vulnerable financially. Obviously, due to the ongoing situation of COVID-19, there is an immediate need for research and new thinking about safety during pandemics. However, the need extends to the medium term as this pandemic is expected to last (in one or more cycles) for 1-2 years. In the long term, the need is also clear because, as the world gets more connected, we should expect and be ready for repeats of such situations. This proposal is presented by an industry-academia team. Our partners represent a wide cross-section of the industry with diversified expertise, knowledge, and perspective. This will expedite our access to resources, such as interviewing stakeholders and providing access to data. Their active engagement in the research will provide a valuable asset: grounding the research work. Our main goal is to provide the industry with actionable and applied research. More importantly, they are in a position to have the ability to propagate the results of our work widely and effectively. To this end, we will make this alliance for urgent research work and a long-term partnership to help use the results of this research work to uplift the conditions and effectiveness of safety culture in the construction industry.

这项建议的目的是整理和传播关于大流行期间现场安全和工人健康的最佳做法，并将其用于a)支持从业者重新设计其做法，以及b)向政策制定者通报关于大流行期间持续安全政策的可能路线图。除了卫生行业，大流行期间建筑工地的安全应该是重中之重。与农业和物流等重要行业一样，建筑工作主要在户外进行。然而，独特的是，建筑工地是临时工作场所，这使得确保始终如一的健康和足够的卫生设施成为一个挑战。基础设施业务和应急管理方面的建设工作对经济运作和社区福祉至关重要。在疫情爆发的末期，对新建筑的投资是最常用的提振经济的机制。最后，由于该行业的商业模式是临时性的和以项目为导向的，许多建筑工人在经济上是最脆弱的。 显然，由于新冠肺炎的持续情况，迫切需要对疫情期间的安全进行研究和新的思考。然而，需要延伸到中期，因为这场大流行预计将(在一个或多个周期中)持续1-2年。从长远来看，这种需要也是显而易见的，因为随着世界联系越来越紧密，我们应该预料到并准备好应对这种情况的重演。 这项建议是由一个行业-学术界团队提出的。我们的合作伙伴代表着该行业的广泛领域，拥有多样化的专业知识和视角。这将加快我们获取资源的速度，例如约谈利益攸关方和提供获取数据的机会。他们对研究的积极参与将提供一笔宝贵的财富：为研究工作奠定基础。我们的主要目标是为该行业提供可操作和应用的研究。更重要的是，他们有能力广泛和有效地宣传我们的工作成果。为此，我们将把这一联盟用于紧急研究工作和长期合作伙伴关系，以帮助利用这项研究工作的成果来提升建造业安全文化的条件和有效性。