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Safety behaviour and safety management: its influence on the attitudes of workers in the UK construction industryThis 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 re... ...
Tập 7 Số 2 - Trang 133-140 - 2000
Exploring the integration of health and safety with pre‐construction planningPurpose The 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/approach...
Tập 13 Số 5 - Trang 438-450 - 2006
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 studyRecent 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 the... ...
Tập 9 Số 4 - Trang 352-361 - 2002
Embedding good practice sharing within process improvementPurpose Construction firms need to improve the way in which they manage their processes. Focusing on good practice and knowledge sharing within and across organisational boundaries, the purpose of this paper is to discuss recent developments on a structured process improvement model developed for construction enterprises (SP...
Tập 13 Số 1 - Trang 62-81 - 2006
“Considerate construction”: case studies of current practicePurpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the extent to which major contractors are delivering what can be termed “considerate construction”, using case studies of housing and education projects in the UK, identify areas for improvement, particularly in the area of community engagement practices used by contractors.<...
Tập 14 Số 2 - Trang 131-149 - 2007
Making sense of research quality assessmentPurpose For many academics in UK universities the nature and orientation of their research is overwhelmingly determined by considerations of how that work will be graded in research assessment exercises (RAEs). The grades awarded to work in a particular subject area can have a considerable impact on the individual and their ...
- 2007
Bid cutting: an empirical study of practice in South‐East QueenslandThe nature, status and role of bid cutting in construction bidding are examined from economic, legal, ethical and management perspectives. Some possible means of countering its negative effects are considered including prohibition by legislation, the use of bid depositories, earlier formalization of subcontracts, withdrawal of subcontract prices and through alternative procurement methods.... ...
Tập 8 Số 4 - Trang 250-256 - 2001
Causes of delays in the construction industry in LebanonThe present paper presents the major causes of delays in the construction industry in Lebanon and the relative importance of these postponements. A survey of a randomly selected sample of 11 owners, 15 contractors and 10 architectural/engineering (A/E) firms from Lebanon was undertaken. The survey included 64 causes of delay, grouped into 10 major groups, in which the participants were ask... ...
Tập 5 Số 3 - Trang 252-260 - 1998
Linear scheduling: past research efforts and future directionsSince the early 1960s, there have been different techniques to schedule linear projects, but for the most part, these have been overshadowed by the critical path method (CPM). Recently, there has been renewed interest in linear scheduling and in adapting some of the CPM techniques to linear scheduling. This necessitates a review of the research in the area of linear scheduling. The present... ...
- 1998