The Formation Mechanism of Construction Safety Resilience in Railway Infrastructure Projects

Abstract

A conceptual framework has been formulated based on an extensive literature review to elucidate the formation mechanism of construction safety resilience. The hypotheses of the construction safety resilience model are statistically validated using questionnaires collected from 361 respondents with experience in railway infrastructure construction projects. The results indicate that both internal and external factors have a positive effect on construction safety resilience. Internal factors play a partially mediating role between external factors and construction safety resilience. Furthermore, it was observed that construction safety risk uncertainty and informatization level moderate the relationships among internal factors, external factors, and construction safety resilience.

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construction safety resilience railway infrastructure risk uncertainty informatization

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