- Title
- A case study of the cost and causes of the Tongaat mall accident in Durban
- Creator
- Van Eeden, Leonarda
- Subject
- Construction industry -- Accidents -- South Africa -- Durban Construction industry -- Safety regulations -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal
- Subject
- Building sites -- Risk assessment
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MTech
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/45464
- Identifier
- vital:38619
- Description
- The literature shows that building collapses occur due to either management or operational failure. This Dissertation presents the causes of building collapse linked to management and operational lapses. A case study research on the Tongaat mall collapse in November 2013 forms the basis for the research. Through data collection that entails content analysis of official inquiry into the collapse and subsequent semi-structured face-to-face interviews among the participants in the collapsed building, major failures were identified. Salient findings show that the regulatory functions on the building project were compromised, and the inability to ensure that the project fulfils all enforcement and compliance requirements significantly enhances the existence of a work environment that led to two fatalities and 29 injuries. This study corroborates past findings that have flagged implementation as the weak link of H&S management in terms of construction regulations in South Africa. In other words, the benefits of adequate policies on paper can only emerge through applications on construction sites.
- Format
- 139 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Engineering,The Built Environmental and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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