posted on 2019-01-17, 13:57authored byAli Alotaibi, Francis Edum-Fotwe, Andrew D.F. Price
Mega construction projects create buildings and major
infrastructure to respond to work and life requirements while playing
a vital role in promoting any nation’s economy. However, the
industry is often criticised for not balancing economic, environmental
and social dimensions of their projects, with emphasis typically on
one aspect to the detriment of the others. This has resulted in many
negative impacts including environmental pollution, waste
throughout the project lifecycle, low productivity, and avoidable
accidents. The identification of comprehensive Social Responsibility
(SR) indicators, which combine social, environmental and economic
aspects, is urgently needed. This is particularly the case in the context
of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which often has mega public
construction projects. The aim of this paper is to develop a set of
wide-ranging SR indicators which encompass social, economic and
environmental aspects unique to the KSA. A qualitative approach
was applied to explore relevant indicators through a review of the
existing literature, international standards and reports. A list of
appropriate indicators was developed, and its comprehensiveness was
corroborated by interviews with experts on mega construction
projects working with SR concepts in the KSA. The findings present
39 indicators and their metrics, covering 10 economic, 12
environmental and 17 social aspects of SR mapped against their
references. These indicators are a valuable reference for decisionmakers and academics in the KSA to understand factors related to SR
in mega construction projects. The indicators are related to mega
construction projects within the KSA and require validation in a real
case scenario or within a different industry to demonstrate their
generalisability.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics
Volume
13
Issue
1
Citation
ALOTAIBI, A., EDUM-FOTWE, F.T. and PRICE, A., 2019. Identification of social responsibility factors within mega construction projects. International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics, 13(1).
Publisher
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Version
VoR (Version of Record)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/
Acceptance date
2018-11-26
Publication date
2019
Notes
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by WASET under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/