Strategic safety management in construction and engineering / Patrick X. W. Zou, Professor of Construction Engineering and Management, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, Riza Yosia Sunindijo Lecturer in Construction Management and Property Faculty of the Built Environment UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zou, Patrick, author.

Sunindijo, Riza Yosia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building--Safety measures.

Building.

Engineering--Management.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the construction and engineering sector makes important contributions to the economic, social, and environmental objectives of a nation, it has a notorious reputation for being an unsafe industry in which to work. Despite the fact that safety performance in the industry has improved, injuries and fatalities still occur frequently. To address this, the industry needs to evolve further by integrating safety into all decision making processes. Strategic Safety Management in Construction and Engineering takes a broad view of safety from a strategic decision making and management perspect

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Chapter 1 Safety Management in Construction and Engineering: An Introduction ""; ""The importance of the industry ""; ""Characteristics of the construction and engineering sector ""

""Industry-related characteristics """"Project-related characteristics ""; ""Why a book on strategic safety management? ""; ""Historical development and current trends in construction safety management ""; ""Alarming incident and injury problems ""; ""Current safety management body of knowledge ""

""The book's contents """"Chapter 2: economics of safety ""; ""Chapter 3: safety climate and culture ""; ""Chapter 4: skills for safety ""; ""Chapter 5: safety training and learning ""; ""Chapter 6: safety in design, risk management and BIM ""

""Chapter 7: safety research methods and research-practice nexus """"Chapter 8: strategic safety management ""; ""References ""; ""Chapter 2 Economics of Safety ""; ""Costs of construction accidents ""; ""Cost classifications ""; ""Cost calculation ""

""Cost item details and their calculation methods """"An example of cost calculation ""; ""Indirect costs ""; ""Indirect costs versus direct costs ""; ""Cost of accidents versus safety performance ""; ""Benefits of investment in safety ""; ""Tangible benefits ""; ""Intangible benefits ""

""Unmeasurable benefits of safety investment ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118839355

1118839358

9781118839348

111883934X

9781118839362

1118839366

OCLC:

908071132