Advances in Construction Safety

This book covers the details of computer-aided tools & techniques for improving work culture and minimizing accidents. The construction industry has been considered for employing the highest number of workmen but at the same time, it is also known as a poorly organized sector because of peculiarity in construction. Since construction project activity keeps changing on an hourly basis, it becomes difficult to manage the safety of workers or workplace and therefore, it stands as the second accident-prone industry. Several tools and techniques are introduced in controlling construction accidents concerning time and improvements are recorded. This book has briefly covered various challenges encountered, gaps in implementation, technological developments, and various methods/techniques to reduce construction accidents and highlights of research need for overall improvement of safety. This book is essentially helpful for students, researchers, faculty, and industry professionals.

Auteur

Dr. N. A. Siddiqui currently working as a Professor and Director, of Centre of Excellence-Occupational Health, Safety, Fire and Environment, GD Goenka University, India. Before joining GD Goenka University Prof. Siddiqui has worked as Professor and Program Director of HSE and Civil Engineering Department at UPES. He pursued his postgraduate degree in environmental science and doctorate in environmental biology. In addition, he also has an International Diploma in Occupational Health (IDip. NEBOSH, UK), Diploma in Industrial Safety, and Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Impact Assessment. His research interests lie in environmental impact assessment. He specializes in the areas of safety management, occupational health and safety, environmental pollution, environmental monitoring, and control techniques. He has more than 170 research papers to his credit and has participated in several national and international conferences. He has authored 14 books and has guided more than 200 M.Tech. theses and 21 Ph.D. theses. Dr. Bikarama Prasad Yadav is an Senior Associate Professor with the Sustainability Cluster at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India. He holds good experience in industry and academia with a core HSE educational background such as B.Tech. in Safety and Fire Engineering, MBA in Safety and Environment, M.Tech. in Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) Engineering, and Ph.D. in Safety Engineering. He has also earned a few other certificates and diplomas in HSE and other fields. His research interests are fire and process safety, construction safety, risk analysis and management, behavioural-based safety, and safety psychology. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India (IEI), Chartered Engineer, TSP (BCSP, USA), and also a member of the Fire and Security Association of India. During his academic career, he has published more than 50 research papers along with 7 patents (02 granted and 05 published) and 2 books. He has guided more than 50 M.Tech. students for their dissertation work, and 05 Ph.D. research scholars (01 awarded). Before joining UPES, he was associated with various construction companies for Delhi Metro Rail Corporations projects. Dr. S. M. Tauseef is a Professor and Associate Dean (R&D) at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India. He holds an M.S. in chemical engineering (process design) from Sharif Universityof Technology, Iran, and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Pondicherry University. His research interests include process safety, especially forecasting and consequence assessment of accidents in chemical process industries. He has developed methodologies for the application of computational uid dynamics (CFD) to dense gas dispersion, vapor cloud explosions, and single and multiple pool fires. He is interested in solid waste management, especially the design of continuously operable vermireactor systems for assorted wastes and high-rate anaerobic digesters. He has published more than 100 research articles, co-authored/edited eleven books, published three patents, and presented papers at 30 conferences. Dr. S. P. Garg is a Safety Professional and an engineering graduate from Nagpur University. After pursuing his MBA in HR Management, he pursued his doctorate in "Safety Management System" from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India. He superannuated from GAIL (India) Limited, a Government of India Enterprise, as Executive Director (HSE), in 2020 but continues to be engaged with GAIL, as Advisor (HSE). He has served the oil and gas industry in India for more than 38 yrs. He has chaired and co-chaired my technical sessions at several national/international conferences and presented more than 40 technical papers. He has co-authored a book. He is also the president of the Indian Society of HSE Professionals (i-HSE) and a member of the Board of Governors of the National Safety Council, Mumbai. Shri. E. R. Devendra Gill, FIE, FIFireE (UK) is a mechanical engineer by qualification having qualified membership examinations of the Institution of Fire Engineers, London. He is an MBA in Disaster Management from Guru Govind Singh IP (GGSIP) University and also did his post-graduation in Environmental Laws Management from Indian Law Institute (ILI), Delhi. He is presently pursuing his doctoral study at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun. After serving Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) for 17 years (1990-2007) where he rose to the position of Deputy Director/Scientist "D", he is working with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation since 2007. Currently, he is working as Executive Director Safety looking after safety in construction projects in Delhi, Patna, and Mumbai. He has more than 31 years of experience in fire science and safety pertaining to defence needs as well as construction safety management in metro projects in major cities of India. He was conferred with the All India Best Safety Engineer Award in the year 2012 by Safety and Quality Forum (SQF), the Institution of Engineers, India (IEI) for his outstanding work related to safety in engineering. During his tenure in Defence R&D Organisation, he participated in search and rescue operations after January 2001 earthquake tragedy in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He was also assigned a special task to conduct a fire safety study for forest fires of Shivalik Range, Garhwal Hills and Slum Cluster Fires at Yamuna Pushta, Delhi. He has received specialized training in Metro Construction Safety in Tokyo, Japan, and Dubai, UAE.