A high-rise building is defined as a building that is taller than 25 meters according to National Building Code of Nepal. High rise building construction projects have considerably high risk and high accidents rate mainly due to the nature of work. The main objective of this study is to identify the safety practices adopted, perception of workers regarding safety practices and suggest possible remedial measures. 10 high rise building projects which were under construction were selected for study area. Primary data were collected through field observation and checklist, questionnaire survey with stakeholders and workers, and KII with 4 safety experts. Secondary data were collected through literature review, different codes such as Labor act, NBC code, PPMO, and documents from the site's office of selected building projects. Collected data was then analyzed using MS Excel for RII, Blooms cutoff, and SPSS for Spearman’s Rho Correlation. KII and thematic analysis were conducted to suggest remedial measures to improve safety practices in selected high rise building. The study found that the level of safety practices adopted in the construction project were in low level from stakeholders and workers point of view. In contrast, the perception of workers regarding safety practices were in high level. Similarly, this study also found the low implemented safety practices due to various causes such as no appointment of safety officer, no safety budget allocate, lack of safety inspection, no recognition or reward, no medical examination and lack of emergency evacuation plan.. In conclusion, this thesis explores safety practices adopted in selected high rise building construction projects. The result revealed a noteworthy gap between the high level of perception regarding safety practices and the low level of actual safety practices among workers. Similarly, performance of safety practices among stakeholders (client, consultants and contractors) is also low. Expert suggestion on improving the safety practices are competent manpower, advocacy and awareness campaign, enforcement of agencies and training center , incentives, regular medical examination and mandatory rule of presence of safety officer and safety budget.

Keywords

High Rise Building Construction Projects, Safety Practices, Preventive Measures, Perception of Workers, Stakeholders

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