Abstract:
Over the years many accidents have plagued the construction industry proving it
to be one of the most hazardous natures of job. Due to accidents, delay is caused
which in turn causes the project schedule to increase manifolds. Thus, the need for a
new insight on safety and compliance arose to deal with timely completion of
construction projects. This research was carried out in order to find out the delays
caused to task completion due to non-compliance of safety rules and usage of safety
equipment, its lack of awareness and accidents and how much it affects the project
schedule.
For current research, a mixed method was used for the quantitative data
collection and E Questionnaires of stratified random sample 200 were floated
amongst five registered construction companies currently involved in projects all over
Pakistan. For the qualitative data analysis face to face interviews were conducted with
stratified random sample of 10. The Independent variable (safety and compliance) and
it's dimensions (accidents and awareness) were proved to have a positive effect on the
dependent variable (timely completion of tasks) and were highly significant according
to the qualitative research and the word count and word frequency derived from the
interview questions and assessed through Nvivo10 proved that these variables were of
great importance for the timely completion of tasks in a construction project
furthermore this research study can further be applied down the hierarchy. For
example in a construction site it can be applied to departments such as mechanical,
civil, plumbing, and electrical and various others.
