Costs of construction accidents to Singapore contractors

EAL Teo, Y Feng - International Journal of Construction …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
… ; and (3) to identify the factors influencing the uninsured costs of accidents. In this study,
the costs of workplace accident are confined to the financial losses of a contractor. Social …

Factors influencing workplace accident costs of building projects

Y Feng, S Zhang, P Wu - Safety science, 2015 - Elsevier
… of workplace accident costs to building contractors and identify … costs) of the occurrence.
This study aims to examine the magnitude of workplace accident costs to building contractors in …

Construction productivity: issues encountered by contractors in Singapore

EC Lim, J Alum - International journal of project management, 1995 - Elsevier
… Stop-work orders are normally issued in the case of accidents on construction sites that …
contractors suggest alternative designs to shorten the construction period and reduce project cost

Construction fatalities in Singapore

FYY Ling, M Liu, YC Woo - International Journal of Project Management, 2009 - Elsevier
… These could contribute to higher accident rates for small construction firms. … This study
found that more fatal accidents happen to workers of subcontractors (60%) than main …

[PDF][PDF] Study on the impact of accidents on construction projects

WA Asanka, M Ranasinghe - … Engineering and Construction …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Accidents cause construction delays, cost overrun and sometimes … subcontractors. The
motivation towards the safety is higher in Singaporean contractors’ due to their concern on cost […

Systemic lapses as the main causes of accidents in the Singapore construction industry

S Gao, SP Low, HJA Howe - Civil Engineering and Environmental …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
costs of accidents, which are only the tip of the iceberg, the more significant indirect costs
could … Citation2017) in Singapore noted that 87% of companies did not carry out thorough risk …

Construction accidents in Australia: Evaluating the true costs

RW Allison, CKH Hon, B Xia - Safety science, 2019 - Elsevier
… to examine the true costs of construction accidents is lacking. In … to identify the true costs of
construction accidents in Australia … construction accident cost data than Tier-three contractors. …

[PDF][PDF] Risky business: death & injury on Singapore's construction sites

S Chok - J Proj Manage, 2009 - healthserve.org.sg
… industries most prone to workplace accidents.This higher risk of workplace accidents, however,
… Working from heights is risky, but the imperative of companies to cut costs through saving …

[PDF][PDF] The costs of construction site accidents to Australia's building contractors

Y Feng54, P Wu55, X Jin56… - … Sustainable Construction …, 2014 - portal.research.lu.se
… incurred by building contractors in Australia due to constructionconstruction context in
Australia. Against this background, … the true costs of accidents to building contractors in Australia. …

Costs of Construction Accidents in the Social and Humanity Context–A Case Study in Hong Kong

SL Tang, SSK Chan, DDD Saram, LH Kwong - HKIE transactions, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
… and investments could be much higher than the obvious financial costs of accidents
borne by construction contractors. In this research the authors analysed data from 1,600 …