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Safety behaviour and safety management: its influence on the attitudes of workers in the UK construction industry
Tập 7 Số 2 - Trang 133-140 - 2000
This paper identifies the critical factors that influence the attitudes of
construction workers towards safe behaviour on construction sites. It studies
these attitudes by using a research model that links three themes: safety
management implementation strategies, attitudes of workers about safety and
behavioural factors displayed by construction workers. This model is used to
frame the responses ...
Industry development through creative project packaging and integrated management
Tập 5 Số 3 - Trang 228-237 - 1998
Critical success factors of the BOOT procurement system: reflections from the Stadium Australia case study
Tập 9 Số 4 - Trang 352-361 - 2002
Recent trends in the provision of infrastructure development indicate that the
private sector is playing an increasingly important role in the procurement
process. This trend has partly arisen out of a necessity for the development of
infrastructure to be undertaken at a rate that maintains and allows growth. This
has become a major challenge for many countries where it is evident that these
provi...
Exploring the integration of health and safety with pre‐construction planning
Tập 13 Số 5 - Trang 438-450 - 2006
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report on findings from a research
project, commissioned by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE), to
investigate the integration of health and safety with pre‐construction
planning.Design/methodology/approachFour steering groups and three expert panels
were interviewed, using focus group methods, to define critical success factors
through qualitative, gro...
Criteria for achieving efficient contractor‐supplier relations
- 2011
PurposeDespite numerous examples of benefits when adapting supplier relationship
management in the manufacturing industry, the construction industry still lags
behind in such areas as long‐term relationships with suppliers and continuous
cost‐reductions. This may be because the characteristics of the construction
industry differ from those of the manufacturing industry due to their
project‐based s...
Case study analysis of construction excavator H&S overturn incidents
Tập 17 Số 5 - Trang 493-511 - 2010
PurposeConstruction plant and equipment harbour significant health and safety
hazards. One particular item, the mini‐excavator, presents a hazard from its
inherent instability and tendency to overturn during use. The purpose of this
paper is to investigate turnover incidents to observe prominent factors and
contribute to development of best practice guidance for improving health and
safety relatin...
Multi‐project cash flow optimization: non‐inferior solution through neuro‐multiobjective algorithm
- 2001
Modelling of the multiproject cash flow decisions in a contracting firm
facilitates optimal resource utilization, financial planning, profit forecasting
and enables the inclusion of cash‐flow liquidity in forecasting. However, a
great challenge for contracting firm to manage his multiproject cash flow when
large and multiple construction projects are involved (manipulate large amount
of resources,...
The potential for adopting the NEC's family of contracts on PFI projects
Tập 4 Số 3 - Trang 203-214 - 1997
The use of the private sector in the provision of public services under the
Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is still a relatively new concept. The
structure of a project under the PFI leads to the involvement of a number of
parties and this necessitates the formation of a number of different contracts
to regulate the relationships. These range in complexity from the main
concession contract for t...