Advancing Occupational Health and Safety in Construction: Current and Future Practices
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advancing safety; worker health; workforce development; advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence for construction contracting and administration; enhancing resilience in critical infrastructure
Interests: human–building interactions; robotics and automation in construction; data analytics; data sensing; smart and connected communities; safety and health; emerging technology adoption
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent years have underscored the urgency of advancing occupational health and safety (OHS) in construction, which is an industry that continues to experience disproportionately high injury and fatality rates worldwide. Rapid technological, environmental, and organizational changes—from post-pandemic work practices to climate-related hazards—have reshaped how safety must be managed across diverse and resource-constrained construction contexts.
This Special Issue explores both current challenges and future directions in OHS. The current focus addresses regulatory compliance, safety culture, training and education, and the integration of sustainability principles into safety management systems. The future involves highlighting digital transformation through wearable sensing, artificial intelligence, automation, and data-driven analytics to predict and prevent safety incidents.
We invite submissions from researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, including case studies, systematic reviews, pilot implementations, or data-driven investigations aimed at improving health and safety outcomes. Contributions addressing regional or economic variations, including challenges in developing countries, are particularly welcome. Together, these efforts will help create safer and more resilient construction environments worldwide.
Dr. Chau Le
Dr. Youjin Jang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- construction OHS
- safety culture
- risk management
- regulation and compliance
- sustainability
- training and education
- mental health
- wearable technologies
- artificial intelligence
- digital transformation
- climate adaptation
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