Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Grid - architecture, planning and design journal (Online), cilt.5, sa.2, ss.301-324, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study aims to determine the measures against the COVID-19 pandemic at construction sites, analyze the implementability of these measures at selected construction sites, and propose a Safe Construction Site Certificate to improve the health of construction sites. Within the context of these aims, a questionnaire was sent through email to 38 site chiefs at residential construction sites in 15 Turkish cities. Using open-ended, semi-structured questions, the COVID-19 pandemic measures taken in the construction work areas, administrative offices, dormitories, and dining halls of construction sites were examined. For the purposes of data collection and analysis, content analysis method and phenomenological approach were employed. It was determined that the COVID-19 pandemic measures were not implemented at certain construction sites, while they were inadequately implemented at others. In addition, it was discovered that the unity of measures could not be achieved in different facilities of the same construction sites and remained on an individual scale. Consequently, to build healthier construction sites by removing the inadequacies identified by the analysis and taking into account the dynamics of the Turkish construction sector and construction sites, a Safe Construction Site Certificate was proposed.