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 ... hiện toàn bộ
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... hiện toàn bộ
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... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of the vector
error‐correction (VEC) econometric modelling technique in predicting short‐ to
medium‐term construction manpower demand.Design/methodology/approachThe VEC
modelling technique is evaluated with two conventional forecasting methods: the
Box‐Jenkins approach and the multiple regression analysis, based on the
forecasting accu... hiện toàn bộ
The selection criteria for contractor pre‐qualification are characterized by the
co‐existence of both quantitative and qualitative data. The qualitative data is
non‐linear, uncertain and imprecise. An ideal decision support system for
contractor pre‐qualification should have the ability of handling both
quantitative and qualitative data, and of mapping the complicated non‐linear
relationship of th... hiện toàn bộ
The focus of this paper is on life‐cycle objective‐based project management
systems in general, and SPMIS in particular. SPMIS (short for Smart Project
Management Information System), has been designed: (a) to facilitate the
employment of life‐cycle objective‐based project management approaches; and (b)
to support concurrent engineering and construction, thus promoting greater
integration of the p... hiện toàn bộ