Culture in construction: A driver as well as a barrier for the improvement of labour situations within construction industry

The built environment is in continuous development because of several influences, which do lead to changes and moving of its users. Think for example about urbanisation, supported by infrastructural developments, etc. But also other (actual) influences like for example pandemics (e.g. Covid-19), conflicts (war), and disasters (climate change, food shortages, etc.) make people move to other regions, thus (re)starting human settlements. These developments are not new; throughout history, there were these kinds of movements of groups of people, leading to abandoning existing environments and/or (re)use of regions elsewhere. What all these developments do have in common is the need for (new/refurbished) shelters and adjacent infrastructure. These areas of work are delivered by the construction industry, making it a sector which is continuously under pressure for delivering ‘value for money'. And that is not always easy, because several problems within society do influence the ability of successful delivery of their products/assets (i.e. housing, roads, offices, bridges, etc.).