A Critical Analysis of Enhancing Health and Safety for Productivity in the Construction Industry

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The construction sector is among the most dangerous sectors in the world which presents unique risks to occupational health and safety. It faces a wide range of occupational health and safety risks and related threats to worker productivity, which have consistently resulted in a high number of workplace injuries including fatal ones and worker productivity losses along with the ensuing problems with quality, cost, time, etc. As a result, of all industries, the construction sector has the second-highest rate of workplace fatalities The main objective of this study was to provide a framework for leveraging Building Information Modelling (BIM) to create a productivity and safety monitoring system and to critically analyze how using Building Information Modelling (BIM) might help the construction sectors in Singapore become more productive and perform better in terms of safety. The study developed IPASS to manage risk by controlling hazards by considering important safety and productivity factors at the project level, adhering to the conceptual framework. This development was done in five main steps. The first step was a literature review, the second was a review of case studies, the third was questionnaire design, the fourth was data collection analysis and the fifth was the integration of productivity and safety using BIM. These results showed the creation of IPASS, which can analyze data from BIM models to produce productivity and safety rankings for building projects. The study showed how BIM may be used to track safety and productivity as a project develops and improves performance in both areas. It was proposed that IPASS makes it possible for project stakeholders to collaborate since they may base their work on evaluations of safety and productivity performance both before and after projects begin. For the IPASS application, it is recommended that the BIM model that has been provided to the authorities should be utilized for the productivity and safety of construction sites in Singapore.