Development of a Workforce Sustainability Model for Construction

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• Personal Author:
  Gambatese JA ; Karakhan AA ; Simmons DR
• Description:
  The physical work environment in construction is often intense. It can place physical demands on workers and expose workers to adverse conditions that are not present in other industries. The intense environment negatively affects the construction workforce, leaving minimal perceived value and incentive for new workers to enter the industry and the existing workforce to remain in the industry. The construction workforce has experienced high turnover rates and poor safety performance over the last few decades. Achieving diversity and equity are also top concerns in the construction industry. Many construction organizations do not invest in workforce development and have no long-term plans to cultivate the workforce. This deficiency may be a key reason behind the perceived low value of being an employee in the construction industry. Moreover, there are no holistic tools and resources available across the industry to help organizations cultivate the construction workforce. This research study was intended to fill this gap in practice by developing informed tool to assess and improve workforce sustainability (i.e., continuing workforce development) in construction. Using a mixed-methods research approach that relied on semi-structured interviews and informal discussions with industry professionals and academics, a review of the literature, and a multi-round subject matter expert survey, a workforce sustainability assessment tool was developed. The developed tool includes three levels of components (attributes, indicators, and metrics) to characterize a workforce and assess its level of sustainability. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Workforce Development Competence Construction Industry Construction Workers Diversity And Inclusion Equity Maturity Safety Practices Social Sustainability Training And Education Work Environment Workforce Development

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• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Maryland ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-119
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057468
• Citation:
  Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2019 Jan; :1-119
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Development of a workforce sustainability model for construction
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fa42daa4192b36a48c8810bf5efb9c858293532d0c19d82cd6ba77e59b8ed53358b557c042d3ebd868bcc6edc93c6d5755a174e6d7765f10781bcacdef96f285
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214816/cdc_214816_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.65 MB ]