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Safety Challenge iin High Rise Building

Mohammad Maqbool Mir1, Zeeshan Khan2
1
PG Student, 2Assistant Professor
1
Construction Technology & Management, 2Civil Engineering Department,
Al-Falah
Falah University, Faridabad, Haryana, India

ABSTRACT
According to the International Building Code and the completion schedule and profits; insufficient interest
Building Construction and Safety Code, high high-rise to safety for people on sites. Major part is from the
buildings are buildings of 75 feet or greater in height lack of understandings/perception on safety of the
measured from the lowest level of fire department workers themselves. Everyone
yone should aware on the
vehicle access to the floor of the highest occup
occupiable important of safety, everyone should aware about the
story. high-rise
rise buildings increase in number every preciousness of human being and many losses comes
year and the most common high-rise rise buildings are the from the accidents.
commercial ones, but recently investors have turned
part of their attention to residential high
high-rise buildings Keywords: Safety, Incidents, Policy
which is also on the increase and for that matter the
1. INTRODUCTION:
focus of this study. The aim of this paper is to
Safety, as a concept and practice, is in transition. It
evaluate the impact of high rise living upon residents
has shifted form what once was little more than plain-
plain
‘satisfaction. My study specifically attempts to
sense approach to eliminating agents of injury to what
determine the important benefits of living in high rise
now is quite often a complex methodology for the
buildings, to determine the critical challenges faced
reliable control of harm. Within the boundaries
bound of
by residents of high rise buildings, to determine the
safety’s emerging abilities exists a capacity for more
level of satisfaction of occupants of high rise
than simply the detection of causative relationship and
buildings and to make recommendations to improve
design of practical controls. These have been safety
on present and future high building schemes. In
program routines practically since their inception, and
achieving the objectives of this is paper, the survey
the skills involved have increased
in with each
design was chosen. The target population involved all
succeeding year.
occupants of residential high-rise rise building with a
convenient sample of 65 respondents selected
The current shift occurs in the growing awareness of
randomly to participate. The structured questionnaire
and ability to meet the need for affecting the wanted
was used to collect views from respondents and the
controls. This seems to be an ordinary, expected
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was used to
outcome. However, common experience reminds us
analyze the data. The study found that despite the
that injurious occurrences
currences are repeated despite
challenges occupants faced with high living,
knowledge of their causes or the availability of
occupants were generally satisfied and also enjoyed
recommended controls. Indeed, implementation
the benefits of privacy and luxury ry living. The study
difficulties have been the critical problem for safety
however, ended with some recommendations.
control programs. Safety is a humanitarian as well as
Accident cases from machines/tools always being a
an important issue in development progress. Nobody
major percentage but deaths are mainly by falling and
wants to hurt others to be troublemaker however,
electric shocks. In most cases, the control of safety
without rules that govern the miss act or
management at sites is not strictly,, frequently slacken
irresponsibility it is going to be easy for people to
while the owner and contractors only focusing on

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commit safety violations. In addition to the assets 3. Increased security and protection for people, data
value loss resulting from unsafe damage, some of the and construction processes.
safety violations are very serious and may well cause 4. Customers can concentrate on the core business.
serious unrecoverable consequences. In India, a 5. Lower operating expenses.
building greater than 75ft (23 m), generally 7 to 10 6. Increased reliability of technical infrastructure.
stories, is considered as high-rise. Also, a building is 7. Higher productivity.
considered to be high-rise when it extends higher than 8. Increased protection of investment throughout the
the maximum reach available to fire fighters. building’s entire life span.
According to the building code of India, a tall
building is one with four floors or more, or a high-rise 3. REVIEW OF LITERATURE
building is one 15 meters or more in height. Most of I studied different literature review for safety
the tall buildings in India are in the commercial challenges in high rise building. Safety is one of the
capital Mumbai. More than 2500 high-rise buildings major aspects in high rise buildings in construction
are already constructed. sector. The main researchers among them are:

2. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY According to Professor N. Krishnamurthy: Safety

The ultimate goal for every enterprise should be to in high rise design and construction He concluded that
have “zero incidents”. This goal provides the every designer shall ensure that any design he
incentive to achieve the best possible performance prepares should among the design consideration.
and ensures continuous vigilance towards greater
safety. Seeking to achieve this goal and managing According to Romel G. Solis: Construction Worker’s
safety requires a constant effort that involves Perception of Safety He concluded that there should
establishing safety-related objectives, implementing be safety awareness at sites to prevent and minimize
those objectives, and measuring and reviewing risks.
progress in meeting those objectives. This should be
reflected in the long-term, overall Safety Policy. In According to Ian Mclver: Investigating the
order to ensure day-to-day implementation of the application of building Regulation He prepared a
Policy, concrete goals and objectives should be document which aimed at both the developers and the
established and agreed upon by the entire building regulations.
organization.
3.1 Site Visits:
This is to provide a tool for measurement for the I visited following sites for my research work:
contractors to plan the safety measures and integrate
the safety concerns in the construction process.  UTC Sofftech Pvt Ltd NOIDA Expressway
Specifically, the objectives of this project are:
 Laureute builwell
 Identify the key behavioral factors affecting the Pvt Ltd NOIDA Sec-108
performance of people during a fire in a high-rise  Arabian Construction
building and the singularities associated to this
type of buildings. Companies NODIA, Sec-94
 Review the current procedures and strategies  Ashiyan NODIA, Sec-16
currently adopted in high-rise buildings (e.g.
horizontal and vertical evacuation methods,  Ashiyan NODIA, Sec-19
phased evacuation, total evacuation, defending-  ABL Humhama, sgr, J&K
place, etc.).
 ABL Bemina, sgr, J&K
 Review the capabilities of the currently available
evacuation models to simulate high-rise building  ABL Barzulla Baghat, sgr, J&K
evacuations.  M.M. Shalls Dalgate
2.1.Scope of work:  JKPCC Handawara
1. Less planning time, Shorter installation times.
2. Increased comfort and energy, efficiency

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3.2 Preparation of Questionnaire: Q7. How much percentage work is executed
I prepared 31 questions and distributed in different 10 according to the safety code?
sites and got the result from different respondents
(Junior Engineer, AEE, Supervisor, and Project
Manager). Q8. Is safety provided against falling from windows
and terraces?
3.3 Data collection:
I collected the data from 80 respondents from Q9. Is safety provided against electric accidents due
different 10 sites from New Delhi(NCR), NOIDA, to lose electric fitting, hanging wires extra?
Srinagar, Handwara.

3.4 Limitation of the Study:

In my research work I faced the following problems: Q10. What percentage of treatment can we provide in
emergency on site?
 Collection of data from different sites of the
companies was difficult.
 Management was hesitant to share data. Q11. Are workers aware about the safety precautions?
 Management was not willing to share their views
on my topic which become major difficulty in Q12. Is safety education provided to the labors before
completion of my work. work?

3.5 Result of the survey:

The result of my survey report is lack of safety Q13. Should therebe any age limit for labors in high
awareness among workers on site. There is only rise building?
34.5% awareness of safety on sites.
Q14. How much percentage of laboursare aware about
4. QUESTIONNARIE
the insecure actions causing major accidents?
Note: - Rate the below questions as per your site.
Each star equals to 20%.
Q15. Is high rise building safe for occupants?
Q1. Is High Rise Building evacuation different from
other buildings?
Q16. What percentage of workers are using for
personal protection equipment’s?
Q2. If stair travel potentially dangerous are there
alternatives?
Q17. How much experience a labor need in high rise
building construction?
Q3. If existing downstairs take so long, am I better of
going up to the roof and waiting for rescues there?
Q18. Are you taking the proper inspection of
formwork properly?
Q4. Should high rise buildings have any type of
exterior device?
Q19. Is glaring the illumination on your eyes?

Q5. Will buildings egress system work in a terrorist

attack? Q20. Irresponsible behavior of workers in evidently
risky situation?

Q6. Is there any particular arrangement for the

persons /occupants with disabilities during Q21. Temporary structures are used many times
emergency? which got damaged and weak at critical

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locations ultimately lead to accidents or
failures.
Q27. Worker while performing the task wears a
uniform or not for e.g. wears boot or sandals?
Q22. Is there any safety plan and program or policy at
the construction site?
Q28. Are you agreeing workers play a main role in
the prevention of the accidents?
Q23. Is there any emergency plan to cope with
unanticipated circumstance?
Q29. Are you agreeing workers are the ones which are
more prone to accidents than managers or engineers?

Q24. Is there any special arrangement to capture

falling debris from height? Q30. Is Fire safety equipment’s are putted at place
during the construction stags?

Q25. Periodically and frequently safety check Q31. Fall protection systems are provided at
conducted at the site or not? construction stags or not?

Q26. Can fatigue or boredom is a main cause to an

accident?

5. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Table 5.1 Names, Symbols, Company, Type of Projects etc. of sites

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Table 5.2 %age of safety awareness among workers on site, analysis

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6. CONCLUSION
From my project I concluded that there is lack of  Waste/pollution control
safety awareness among workers on site. Workers  Monitoring and control of working on height
should provide Safety Management System (SMS) for  Aid/first aid and evacuation
safety purposes.  Emergency plan for unanticipated circumstances

The SMS is a must for every construction project, The PM as the owner representative should have
especially for high-rise construction because
cause this area strong and effective
fective ways to force all contractors and
is consisting of many latent hazard and risk. Without their subs at site to totally and absolutely comply with
SMS, the owners, developers, investors, shareholders, safety rules. It is necessarily to cleverly apply the
and managers cannot reach the goal and target as method of fine and reward to guarantee the safe
expected. On the other hand, the contractors, situation at site workplace.
suppliers, installers, and workers cannot
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