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    Influence of Industry 4.0 Applications on Covid-19 Pandemic in Managing Materials, Human Resources and Completion Time of Construction Projects
    (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l., 2024) Amusan, Lekan; Odusola, Mojisola; Aigbavboa, Clinton; Ajao, Ayodele Christianah
    This research was centered on the influence of Industry4.0 in effective management of Covid-19 pandemic on construction sites and materials and resources of construction projects on construction sites. This study aims to increase sensitization about the COVID-19 pandemic's influence on the construction industry. For this research work, 80 questionnaires were administered to selected construction sites in the areas with highest incidence of Covid-19 in South Western Nigeria (Lagos State). The influence, effect, and strategies adopted using Industry4.0 apparatus The structured questionaire designed in Likert scale was distributed to respondents. The collated questionaire was test for validity and reliability and was found to be in good order. Spearman ranking, ANOVA, Mean item scores and relative agreement tools were used to process the data. It was discovered that Industry 4.0 tools were of good help during the pandemic in allocation, distribution and curation of information and resources. It was also discovered that COVID 19 posed a lot of challenges in administering human resources personnel while companies suffered procurement of effective human resources, low productivity and casualties while the pandemic lasts. The study however recommended intense use of the Industry4.0 tools in construction process administration even in the advent of Zero Covid 19 incidence on sites.
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    Chapter 19: Stress Management in Construction: A Driver of Construction Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Improvement
    (Taylor & Francis, 2024) Amusan, Lekan; Gold Essien Enang,; Aigbavboa, Clinton
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    Education and Training in the Technological Era: Adopting the Head, Heart, and Hand Approach for Effective Social Media Usage
    (AHFE International, 2024) Amusan, Lekan; Aigbe, Fortune; Aigbavboa, Clinton; Idowu, Ayobami
    The various industrial revolution from the first industrial revolution birthed water and steam-powered manufacturing facilities, the second industrial revolution birthed electrically powered mass production, the third industrial revolution led to the birthing of computers and Robots, while the fourth industrial revolution welcomed Cyber physical systems and the internet. The advent of computers and the internet has led to the use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, which can be used for work and for communication. The workers who will need these platforms will be those who are already employed, as well as those who need to be employed Hence, requisite skills (which could be both hard and soft) are required to use these platforms effectively. This study is based on the use of secondary data sources such as articles and journals using inductive and semantic approaches and thematic analysis. The study aims to promote the effective utilization of social media for work and communication through the Head, Hand, Heart Approach to Education and Training. The study reveals that the Head and Hand approach, which is cognitive learning and practical doing, provides the workers with the necessary hard skills to use social media. The Heart approach, which is affective learning, relational knowing, and emotional involvement, provides workers with the necessary soft skills to use social media for communication. The study contributes to scholarly discussions on workforce education and training in the digital era, as well as empirically contributes to the effective management of the workforce of the future.
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    Gig Regulation: A Future Guide for the Construction Industry
    (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2025) Amusan, Lekan; Aigbe, Fortune; Aigbavboa, Clinton; Aliu, John
    Technology has led to the advent of digitally enabled workforces like the gig workforce, but a number of issues confront this workforce. This study aims to identify the various issues facing the gig workforce as well as the regulatory measures and regulatory interactions proposed to guide stakeholders in addressing these challenges. This study is a review, with the methodology primarily based on secondary sources of data collection like journals and articles. This study reveals that the construction industry is not immune to the use of the gig workforce, as it often performs project-based construction work, jobs requiring highly specialized skills and commodity service jobs. This study also reveals that the gig workforce is confronted with primarily gig economy-induced platform-based challenges, such as the new nature of work, i.e., exploitative, precarious, and dangerous labour. Furthermore, this study also reveals that these issues can be addressed primarily through regulatory means and regulatory interactions between proposed regulatory measures and existing labour laws, which could be by Coordination, Competition, etc. This aligns with SDG 8, i.e., Decent Work and Economic Growth, as concerns issues related to their benefits, and SDG 10, i.e., Reduced Inequalities, as concerns issues related to their employment relations. The implication of this study for construction stakeholders relates to the development of new regulations and providing a valuable tool for analysing regulatory landscapes and understanding the dynamics of regulatory change, which contributes to scholarly discussions on fair labour practices and the protection of gig workers and helps inform policymaking that will help attract, motivate, retain, and engage more gig workers in the construction industry, which will foster proper workforce management.
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    Government’s motives and investor’s commitment in public-private partnership procurement system adoption
    (Sciendo, 2025) Amusan, Lekan; Ojelabi, Rapheal Abiodun; Adewolu, Adeoye Olugbenga; Olanipekun, Oladeji Olubunmi
    The study examined the government’s motives - ment to infrastructure delivery. The study adopted a quan titative research method with a survey conducted using a structured questionnaire targeted at 384 respondents selected through random sampling. The data were ana lysed using mean, percentile and Pearson correlation sta tistical tools. The study identified 17 key motives respon sible for the government adopting PPP in socio-economic infrastructure delivery. These motives were factored into three main groups: public infrastructure maintenance, financial and economic benefits; improved discipline in the contractual relationship and predictable path in infra structure delivery and integration of innovative approach in enhancing infrastructure delivery. Therefore, the relationships between the three factored government’s motives and investor’s commitments, including finance, management, technical and operational services in PPP, were tested using the Pearson correlation statistical tool. The results showed that the motive for public infrastructure maintenance, financial and economic benefits of the government in PPP showed a significant relationship with the four services commitment of private partners. Also, the government’s motive for improved discipline in the contractual relationship and predictable path in infrastructure delivery showed significant relationships with technical, finance and management commit ments of investors. Lastly, the government’s motive for the integration of innovative approaches in enhancing infrastructure delivery showed a significant relationship with only technical commitment. The outcome indicates that factors measuring government motive and investor's services commitment are mutually dependent and critical in ensuring a sustained relationship among stakeholders in a PPP arrangement for infrastructure procurement.
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    Influence of Industry 4.0 Applications on Covid-19 Pandemic in Managing Materials, Human Resources and Completion Time of Construction Projects
    (Praise Worthy Prize S.r.l., 2024) Amusan, Lekan; Odusola, Mojisola; Aigbavboa, Clinton; Ajao, Ayodele Christianah
    This research was centered on the influence of Industry4.0 in effective management of Covid-19 pandemic on construction sites and materials and resources of construction projects on construction sites. This study aims to increase sensitization about the COVID-19 pandemic's influence on the construction industry. For this research work, 80 questionnaires were administered to selected construction sites in the areas with highest incidence of Covid-19 in South Western Nigeria (Lagos State). The influence, effect, and strategies adopted using Industry4.0 apparatus The structured questionaire designed in Likert scale was distributed to respondents. The collated questionaire was test for validity and reliability and was found to be in good order. Spearman ranking, ANOVA, Mean item scores and relative agreement tools were used to process the data.It was discovered that Industry 4.0 tools were of good help during the pandemic in allocation, distribution and curation of information and resources. It was also discovered that COVID 19 posed a lot of challenges in administering human resources personnel while companies suffered procurement of effective human resources, low productivity and casualties while the pandemic lasts. The study however recommended intense use of the Industry4.0 tools in construction process administration even in the advent of Zero Covid 19 incidence on sites.