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Significant factors affecting the effect of safety program implementation on construction projects in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam


Author - Affiliation:
Dong Tam Vo Thanh Son - Ho Chi Minh City Open University , Vietnam
Corresponding author: Dong Tam Vo Thanh Son - son.dtvt@ou.edu.vn
Submitted: 24-06-2021
Accepted: 07-08-2021
Published: 29-11-2021

Abstract
This research indicated 16 important factors that affect the result of labor safety program performance. The research was carried out by sending survey questionnaire to both foreigners and Vietnamese who are working for a medium and large scale construction projects. Most of them said that the most critical factor which influences the effect of labor safety program implementation on construction projects is “periodic evaluation of safety programs”. In addition, MEAN is used to rank significant factors basing on two group of respondents: Safety Managers (SM) and Project Managers (PM).

Keywords
construction safety; implementation; project; safety factor; safety program

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Dong, S. T. V. T. (2022). Significant factors affecting the effect of safety program implementation on construction projects  in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science – Engineering and Technology, 12(1), 119-124. doi:10.46223/HCMCOUJS.tech.en.12.1.1961.2022


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46223/HCMCOUJS.tech.en.12.1.1961.2022
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