Building Safe, Equitable, and Inclusive Construction Workplaces for the Future
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editors
Interests: culture in construction; gender equity in construction; construction worker wellbeing; project behaviours; qualitative research methods
Interests: construction health; safety and well-being; risk management; resilience engineering; sustainability; adaptive reuse
Interests: construction project management; sustainable and smart construction; circular economy in built environment; women in construction; construction knowledge management; building education
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Interests: health, safety and well-being; construction management; construction management education; construction procurement; construction project management; contract administration; project management; public–private partnerships (PPPs)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Construction workplaces are changing rapidly due to technological advancements, evolving workforce dynamics, changes in workplace practices and expectations, global movements towards sustainability imperatives, and growing awareness of social responsibility. However, the potential of the sector has been limited by numerous safety and well-being concerns and barriers to inclusion and equity, hindering the full realisation of human capital contributions across construction workplaces.
This Special Issue, “Building Safe, Equitable, and Inclusive Construction Workplaces for the Future”, aims to explore innovative strategies, approaches, models, frameworks, and policies that help create construction workplaces which are not only physically safe but also socially inclusive and equitable to construction stakeholders. The integration of safety, inclusion, and equity into the culture of construction workplaces will create a more resilient, productive, and sustainable workforce to realise construction outputs.
Therefore, we invite original research, theoretical and experimental work, case studies, and comprehensive review papers that address themes including, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Strategies to enhance gender equity and inclusivity at workplaces;
- Innovative models for safety and well-being culture design and management;
- Digital transformation to create safer and equitable workplaces;
- Inclusive workplaces for marginalised groups such as indigenous, LGBTQ+, and migrant workers;
- Leadership styles and cultures that drive inclusive cultures;
- Recruitment and career advancement approaches to build a more diverse workforce;
- Accessible workplaces;
- Policy, governance, and regulatory mechanisms to enhance safety, well-being, equity, and inclusivity.
Dr. Aparna Samaraweera
Dr. Udara Ranasinghe
Dr. Sepani Senaratne
Dr. Marcus Jefferies
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- workplace safety
- gender equity
- social inclusion
- safety culture
- equitable workplace culture
- inclusive leadership
- diverse workforce
- diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
- respectful culture
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