Occupational safety and health in construction: a review of applications and trends

FAS Sánchez, GIC Peláez, JC Alís - Industrial health, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Due to the high number of accidents that occur in construction and the consequences this
has for workers, organizations, society and countries, occupational safety and health (OSH) …

Risk-taking behaviors of Hong Kong construction workers–A thematic study

SS Man, AHS Chan, HM Wong - Safety Science, 2017 - Elsevier
A qualitative approach was employed to explore the attitudes and experiences of
construction workers toward risk-taking behaviors and to identify the underlying reasons that …

Influence of safety motivation and climate on safety behaviour and outcomes: evidence from the Saudi Arabian construction industry

K Panuwatwanich, S Al-Haadir… - International journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. Over the last three decades, safety literature has focused on safety climate and its
role in forecasting injuries and accidents. However, research findings regarding the …

BIM-based code checking for construction health and safety

V Getuli, SM Ventura, P Capone, ALC Ciribini - Procedia engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Rule-based Code Checking validates the design phase comparing Building
Information Models against current codes and regulations translated into parametric rules …

Key factors affecting construction safety performance in developing countries: Evidence from Cambodia

S Durdyev, S Mohamed, ML Lay… - … Economics and Building, 2017 - search.informit.org
Although proper safety management in construction is of utmost importance; anecdotal
evidence suggests that safety is not adequately considered in many developing countries …

Achieving safety and productivity in construction projects

RM Choudhry - Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Improvement of safety and productivity are major concerns throughout the construction
industry. There is a dearth of efforts that document the need for simultaneous achievement of …

Critical success factors in Thailand′ s green building industry

W Shen, W Tang, A Siripanan, Z Lei… - Journal of Asian …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The promotion of Green Buildings (GB) has become a global trend that improves resource
efficiency and the well-being of societies. The development of GB still encounters different …

Precursors of construction fatalities. I: Iterative experiment to test the predictive validity of human judgment

D Alexander, M Hallowell… - Journal of construction …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
In order to prevent fatalities, new methods of evaluating work conditions and making
predictions are needed. Nuclear energy, chemical manufacturing, and commercial airline …

Influencing workers' performance through health and safety interventions

WY Ayessaki, J Smallwood - Procedia engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
A study was conducted among registered construction project managers (CPMs) and
general contractor (GC) members of an employers association to determine whether CPMs …

Time pressure in scenario-based online construction safety quizzes and its effect on students' performance

M Jaeger, D Adair - European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Online quizzes have been shown to be effective learning and assessment approaches.
However, if scenario-based online construction safety quizzes do not include time pressure …