Handbook of Drivers of Continuous Improvement in Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing

This Handbook presents opportunities, best practices, and case studies backed by cutting edge research on the drivers of continuous improvement of health, safety and wellbeing in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Facility Management sector.

Nnedinma Umeokafor, PhD, FHEA, FAPM, MCIOB, is a Chartered Construction Manager, an Executive Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), and Programme Director and Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, London UK. While Health Safety and Wellbeing is Dr Umeokafor's main area of research, other areas are not limited to regulation and compliance; construction and project management; equality, diversity and inclusion; and higher education research.

Fidelis A. Emuze, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the Department of Built Environment at the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT), South Africa. Lean construction, health, safety, and sustainability constitute the primary research interest of Dr Emuze, who is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C rated researcher that has published over 250 research outputs and received over 25 awards and recognitions.

Jochen Teizer, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) where his research seeks injury-free, lean, and green construction work environments. He earned a PhD from The University of Texas at Austin in 2006 and a Dipl.-Ing. from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2002. Prof. Teizer is the Director of the Construction Automation and Information Technologies Laboratory at DTU and Vice-President of Industry Membership and Outreach for the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC).

Abimbola Windapo, PhD, is a Professor at the Department of Construction Economics and Management, University of Cape Town, with more than 34 years of experience in practice, teaching, and research in the construction industry and projects. She has held various teaching and administrative positions at the University of Cape Town and the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and gained professional experience as a construction professional at Bouygues Nigeria Ltd and in private consulting.

Riza Yosia Sunindijo, PhD, is Associate Professor in the School of Built Environment, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, Australia. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and Master of Engineering in Construction Management from Petra Christian University, Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management from Asian Institute of Technology, and a PhD from UNSW.

Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim, PhD, P. Tech, is a Professor at the School of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, where he is currently the Head of School. He holds a PhD Degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Tariq Umar PhD, EUR ING, completed his PhD degree in construction management from London South Bank University and registered as a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng) with Engineering Council UK. He has more than 18 years of international experience involving different positions in industry and academia. He is an approved mentor of the Institution of Civil Engineers and helps graduate engineers to become professionally qualified engineers.