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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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    Reviewing Emerging Technologies Adoption Among Construction Project Managers in Nigeria
    (School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology Minna. PMB 65, Minna, Niger State Nigeria., 2024-10-14) Shehu, Aminu Muhammad; Jimoh, Richard Ajayi; Adefemi, Aka; Olubajo, Oluseun Olukemi
    Though emerging technologies are available to improve project performance, project managers in the Nigerian construction sector avoid their adoption. This have resulted in the rate of failed projects within the Nigerian construction sector due to poor coordination of construction tasks relying on obsolete process. Hence, the review of literature to ascertain the influencing factors of project managers avoidance in implementing emerging technologies in their professional practice. Using thematic analysis, four (4) influencing themes were identified in the literature namely; technology, organizational, environmental and socio-cultural related factors. These themes evidenced the influencing factors in emerging technologies adoption among project managers in the Nigerian construction industry. The potentials of emerging technologies adoption on project managers performance in the construction industry is impacted in terms of cost, quality and time of successful projects delivery. However, technology avoidance behaviour of project managers will lead to project abandonment, continued inadequate automated evaluation, monitoring of construction project performance Therefore, the study recommends that stakeholders in the Nigerian construction industry must continue to navigate through the barrier factors limiting construction project managers adoption of technology to lower the rate of failed and abandoned projects in the Nigerian construction industry.