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Responsiveness Of Construction Participants To Building Collapse In Lagos State, Nigeria

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  • Tolulope Samuel Fawale

    (Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City)

  • Joshua O Dada

    (Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife)

  • lajide Olamilokun

    (Department of Quantity Surveying, Kaduna State University.)

  • Olamilekan Alimi

    (Department of Quantity Surveying, College of Environmental Science, Bells University of Technology, Ota.)

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors influencing the responsiveness of construction participants to building collapse in the Nigerian construction industry. There has been a general type of response to incessant menace of building collapse among construction participants which is, playing the blame game. This is worrisome considering its attendant psychological effect on the affected persons and cost implications to the industry at large. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review conducted identified forty-nine (49) factors that can influence the responsiveness of construction participants to building collapse, which were employed to design a questionnaire survey. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, mean score, Kruskal–Wallis test of ANOVA and multivariate techniques such as factor analysis. Findings – The descriptive and empirical analysis showed disparity of ranking of the 49 factors among the groups studied. There was statistically significant difference (ρ

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  • Tolulope Samuel Fawale & Joshua O Dada & lajide Olamilokun & Olamilekan Alimi, 2023. "Responsiveness Of Construction Participants To Building Collapse In Lagos State, Nigeria," Engineering Heritage Journal (GWK), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 7(1), pages 01-09, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:zbngwk:v:7:y:2023:i:1:p:01-09
    DOI: 10.26480/gwk.01.2023.01.09
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