EMERGENCY RECOVERY RESPONSES OF LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 2016 KUMAMOTO EARTHQUAKE

Abstract

 The present study aims to grasp the actual situation of the initial emergency recovery responses of the local construction companies for infrastructure facilities and to extract their issues, immediately after the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. The following results were obtained from a set of interview survey and questionnaire on their emergency recovery responses: (1) The disaster agreement should be improved because the delays and the confusions occurred in the initial responses. (2) The supply of the construction resources should be written on the disaster prevention planning etc. because the shorting of necessary resources happened. (3) Although there was no problem in the reimbursement amount for the recovery constructions executed by companies, the processes for the smooth payment and the evidence reporting of construction cost should be improved. (4) The safety training system should be established urgently because the job safety level degraded during the emergency recovery work. (5) For the injured worker in an accident during the emergency recovery, many construction companies hoped to apply equivalent compensation as for an injured public servant case. It is necessary to discuss measures for the compensation system, including legal aspects.