Table 6: The extent to which the project managers adhere to their roles in the designing phase.

No.	Factors Related to the Designing Phase	Mean	Std. Dev.	RII (%)	T Value	P Value Sig.	Rank
D1	Changing designers’ mindsets towards safety	3.68	1.01	73.51	5.89	0.000*	7
D2	Ensuring that the designers have mentioned H&S in the specific mission statement	3.64	1.04	72.73	5.38	0.000*	8
D3	Incorporating safety constructability principles into the design	3.46	1.12	69.20	3.67	0.000*	13
D4	Ensuring that H&S hazards are identified in the construction drawings	3.60	0.98	71.95	5.37	0.000*	9
D5	Ensuring that the process of identifying risks in the construction drawings are detailed	3.47	1.12	69.35	3.67	0.000*	12
D6	Ensure that hazardous material is taken into consideration when specifying materials	3.69	0.88	73.77	6.88	0.000*	6
D7	Providing a motivational force to promote safe design principles	3.49	1.01	69.87	4.30	0.000*	11
D8	Ensuring that reasonable guidance is developed when new structures or new materials are espoused in the project	3.73	0.92	74.81	7.03	0.000*	3
D9	Planning works at the design phase through a time schedule by citing the duration of processes and dividing it into steps and process priorities.	3.94	0.69	78.70	11.81	0.000*	1
D10	Seeking alternative design solutions to reduce health and safety risks wherever possible	3.69	0.71	73.77	8.48	0.000*	5
D11	Entering any design changes that affect H&S in the risk register	3.74	0.78	74.81	8.28	0.000*	2
D12	Seeking approval and accreditation from the local regulatory bodies concerned with OHS in the construction industry of the proposed design and implementation mechanisms	3.71	1.00	74.29	6.28	0.000*	4
D13	Including the design for the period of implementation, operation, and maintenance of the project, including the OHS standards for each stage	3.52	0.88	70.39	5.16	0.000*	10
All the items		3.64	0.66	72.87	8.51	0.000*	-