[PDF] Top 20 Noise exposure to the workers in Malaysian construction industry

... Since construction is one of the industry that generates high noise pollution, workers in construction should be aware with this situation because they are the nearest people that will ... See full document

... 2. Collee A, Legrand C, Govaerts B,Vanderveken B, Deboodt F, Degrave E. Occupational exposure to noise and the prevalence of hearing loss in a Belgian military population: A cross-sectional study. ... See full document

... local construction industry is not in line with future development of ...the construction industry is still using labour intensive and low technology methods of ...unskilled workers and ... See full document

... Currently, public buildings in Malaysia are still widely constructed using the conventional Cast-In-Situ method. Many problems are associated with the conventional method, since the traditional brick and mortar give low ... See full document

... the workers proper information and training about noise exposure assessment and the risk to ...The workers also have to undergo initial and further medical checkup frequently and provided ... See full document

... The noise exposure limits is used to specify acceptable exposure levels in occupied spaces for hearing preservation, and ...occupational exposure limit of 85 dB (A) for 8 h per day is ... See full document

... Data sampling at UTHM and Sri Gading as in Fig 1 (a) and (b) respectively were carried out during a day working hour or at least 8 hours per day within 2 months. During observation, data was recorded 4 times through ... See full document

... set noise levels were 100 dB(A) or more, it was clear that generator set noise mitigation is a subject of great ...permissible exposure level 90 dBA was reached at ...This noise effects from ... See full document

... discouraged Malaysian skilled labour from participating in Malaysian construction industry as well as Iskandar Malaysia ...foreign workers in Iskandar Malaysia project have contributed ... See full document

... collective exposure of global supply chains to interconnected ...The construction industry, which is driven by supply chains, is also no exception in being impacted from these interconnected ...the ... See full document

... of workers was far less than many other construction ...roofing industry, framing industry, and multi-family construction industry and less of a fo- cus on the industries ... See full document

... require workers to be removed from lead exposure when BLLs are equal or greater than 50 μg/dL (construction industry) or 60 μg/dL (general industry) and allow workers to return ... See full document

... 21. Swamy KNN, Kumar A, Sudhir GK. Association between Ecg Variables and Body Mass Index: A Cross – Sectional Study. Evolution of medical and dental sciences. 2015;4(96):16132-5. 22. Yousefi Rizi HA, Dehghan H. Effects ... See full document

... The construction industry remains one of the most dangerous industries amongst all ...of construction workers are injured or killed in construction accidents each year around the ...the ... See full document

... the construction industry. The growth of the construction industry fell from ...1997. Construction growth further fell to –24 percent in ...1999 construction growth has increased ... See full document

... Construction industry nowadays is unpredictable and dynamic in nature. The development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has significantly influenced the way projects are being managed. A ... See full document

... on construction workers’ risk ...care workers for Portell, Gil ...Perhaps workers understanding of the hazard characteristics improved thereby influencing the way the workers perceived ... See full document

... The PC and BC also explained that the ability of BIM in detecting design clashes early in the design stage facilitated the construction process. They also stated that BIM minimized design changes and rework that ... See full document

... current construction culture is perceived by some as suffering from entrenched attitudes, poor communication, lack of trust and generally adversarial relationships at all ... See full document

... to construction contracts a statutory right to have disputes resolved, in the first instance, by adjudication, which was to be a rapid and relatively inexpensive process in all ...Grants, Construction and ... See full document