Critical Barriers to Environmental Management System Implementation in the Nigerian Construction Industry

The impact of different hazardous substances the construction industry being released to environment is alarming. This constitutes an adverse effect on quality life workers and populace at large. To reduce this menace, Environmental Management System (EMS) was put in place. Meanwhile, implementation EMS Nigerian (NCI) not certain. study, therefore, investigated barriers NCI group them into a smaller form, i.e., fewer numbers. A questionnaire survey developed administered professionals Nigeria using purposive sampling technique. retrieved 106 copies questionnaires were subjected both descriptive inferential statistics such as mean score, standard deviation, analysis variance test, post hoc test exploratory factor analysis. An conducted three times identify critical NCI. study findings reveal main categories affecting implementation, namely; (1) knowledge barrier; (2) process (3) culture management barrier. concluded that factors indicate major cardinal could describe impediment It recommended training important enhance improvement