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Behm, M (2012) Safe Design Suggestions for Vegetated Roofs. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 999–1003.

Dewlaney, K S, Hallowell, M R and Fortunato, B R (2012) Safety Risk Quantification for High Performance Sustainable Building Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 964–71.

Elghamrawy, T, El-Rayes, K, Liu, L and Odeh, I (2012) Performance of Temporary Rumble Strips at the Edge of Highway Construction Zones. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 923–30.

Esmaeili, B and Hallowell, M R (2012) Diffusion of Safety Innovations in the Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 955–63.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Safety; Construction industry; Innovation; Safety; Safety management; Diffusion;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000499
  • Abstract:
    Safety performance in the construction industry has improved significantly in the past four decades. This improvement has been attributed in part to the increased implementation of injury prevention strategies. Although the relative effectiveness of these strategies has been studied in previous research, there has been no attempt to evaluate their diffusion. To address this gap in knowledge, 12 highly effective administrative safety innovations were identified in literature, and 58 firms were interviewed to investigate their adoption rate. The diffusion patterns of the identified safety innovations were explored using four common innovation diffusion models: the internal, external, Bass, and Gompetz. The findings indicate that the internal and Bass models have the highest explanatory power and that internal factors are the most influential factors in adoption of safety innovations by construction firms. It was also found that project-specific training and safety meetings (91%), frequent worksite inspections (91%), and safety and health orientation and training (90%) are the three most commonly adopted safety innovations, and employment of a site safety manager (62%), subcontractor selection and management (64%), and substance abuse programs (69%) were the three innovations most infrequently implemented. The implication of the findings is that the construction industry has now reached saturation with respect to traditional injury prevention strategies and new safety innovations are needed.

Ikpe, E, Hammon, F and Oloke, D (2012) Cost-Benefit Analysis for Accident Prevention in Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 991–8.

Kim, B, Lee, H, Park, H and Kim, H (2012) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Onsite Equipment Usage in Road Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 982–90.

Nassar, K and Hosny, O (2012) Solving the Least-Cost Route Cut and Fill Sequencing Problem Using Particle Swarm. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 931–42.

Porwal, A and Hewage, K N (2012) Building Information Modeling–Based Analysis to Minimize Waste Rate of Structural Reinforcement. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 943–54.

Tatari, O and Kucukvar, M (2012) Sustainability Assessment of U.S. Construction Sectors: Ecosystems Perspective. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 918–22.

Taylor, T R B, Ford, D N and Reinschmidt, K F (2012) Impact of Public Policy and Societal Risk Perception on U.S. Civilian Nuclear Power Plant Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(08), 972–81.