Construction Site Security Challenges in Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract

Security on construction sites is often an ignored facet in the construction industry. Failure in security impactsthe success of a project and diminishes the potential profitability of the project under construction.
It is a considerable problem in the construction industry and will continue to be a threat if not addressed. In view of advancing the knowledge of these construction security problems, this study X-rayedthe construction site security challenges in Ogun State, Nigeria.
A survey of 122 purposively sampledinternal stakeholders resulted in 93 valid structured questionnaires comprising 52 contractors and 41 consultants. Data were analysed using mean score and Man-Whitney U test through IBM (SPSS) version 20.

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The study found that entry of unauthorized personnel, staff entering the site after work hour and delivery of materials out of hourranked 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rdwith 2.58, 2.51 and 2.18 mean scores respectively are the most critical security challenges confronting internal stakeholders on site.
The study concludes that construction site security challenges are interwoven and contributory to the occurrence of one another.
Construction site security challenges do not vary between contractors and consultants showing that the internal stakeholders are well informed of the project environment and are in harmony with project objectives.
The study recommends that internal stakeholders should pay frantic attention to all construction site security challenges at every construction process and provide adequate measures to mitigate these challenges because the lag in one aspect leads to the occurrence of many others.

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Introduction

Background Of Study
Protecting construction sites from arson, theft, and ensuring the safety of workers and members of the public should be a priority among internal stakeholders.
The risk of having poor security measures on construction sites can result in serious injury or even fatalities to workers or visitors, serious fire can ravage buildings, injuries can bring litigation cases and theft of expensive equipment can prove a costly headache for firms (AVIVA, 2011).
Failure in security could impact the success of a project and diminish the potential profitability of the project under construction (Farinloye, Matimidiwo, Adewunmi and Ajayi, 2009).
Security is the protection of people and things such as buildings and sites from harm, theft, or sabotage and encompasses several components such as physical, personnel, investigations, awareness and information security (Arata, 2006).
Security considerations are an often-ignored facet of construction projects. Contractors frequently lose materials, tools and expensive equipment to theft and vandalism; both by on-site workers and by criminals who recognize an easy opportunity.
Total losses from theft and vandalism on construction sites have been increasing dramatically over the past decade (Great American Insurance Group, 2013).
Crime prevention on construction sites has become a major concern for many building contractors and losses from theft and vandalism in Nigeria can make the difference between making a profit and incurring a loss on a job (Farinloye, Odusami and Adewunmi, 2013).

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