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Al Qady, M and Kandil, A (2013) Document Management in Construction: Practices and Opinions. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

da Rocha, C G and Kemmer, S L (2013) Method to Implement Delayed Product Differentiation in Construction of High-Rise Apartment Building Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Deng, F and Smyth, H (2013) Contingency-Based Approach to Firm Performance in Construction: Critical Review of Empirical Research. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Gerber, B and Ekenel, M (2013) Building Code Requirements for Inspection of Adhesive Anchors in Concrete. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Hallowell, M R, Hinze, J W, Baud, K C and Wehle, A (2013) Proactive Construction Safety Control: Measuring, Monitoring, and Responding to Safety Leading Indicators. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Hanna, A, Boodai, F and El Asmar, M (2013) State of Practice of Building Information Modeling in Mechanical and Electrical Construction Industries. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Hinze, J, Hallowell, M and Baud, K (2013) Construction-Safety Best Practices and Relationships to Safety Performance. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Safety; Risk management; Project management; Construction management; Safety; Risk; Project planning; Labor and personnel issues;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000751
  • Abstract:
    The construction industry has experienced a great deal of safety improvement after the Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. In the last twenty years, improvements have been made largely due to safety interventions that exceed compliance with government regulations. Researchers have long attempted to identify the most effective safety programs. However, studies in the past focused only on a small subset of potential injury-prevention options. In addition, to date, there has yet to be a study that documents a comprehensive list of safety strategies implemented by industry-leading companies. This research addresses this knowledge gap by creating a comprehensive list of construction-safety strategies from relevant literature and supplementing it with input from an expert panel. Once the strategies were identified (n=104), the research team conducted interviews with representatives from 57 projects in the United States to determine which strategies were implemented on each project and the project’s recordable injury rate (RIR). The data were then analyzed to determine the total proportion of potential strategies implemented and examine the relationship between each strategy and the RIR. The results reveal that 14 strategies differentiate safety performance (P>0.05) and that 22 strategies were implemented by 100% of the sample projects. The implications are that the 22 practices implemented in all projects can now be considered a foundation of a safety program, and the 14 differentiators are the keys to improved safety performance.

Lei, Z, Taghaddos, H, Olearczyk, J, Al-Hussein, M and Hermann, U (2013) Automated Method for Checking Crane Paths for Heavy Lifts in Industrial Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Martek, I and Chen, C (2013) Localization Typologies Evident among Foreign Enterprises Active in the Chinese Construction Market. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Minchin, R E, Li, X, Issa, R R and Vargas, G G (2013) Comparison of Cost and Time Performance of Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Delivery Systems in Florida. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Russell, M M, Howell, G, Hsiang, S M and Liu, M (2013) Application of Time Buffers to Construction Project Task Durations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Valdes-Vasquez, R and Klotz, L E (2013) Using the Concept-Mapping Method for Empirical Studies in Construction Research. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Wagner, H, Kim, A J and Gordon, L (2013) Relationship between Personal Protective Equipment, Self-Efficacy, and Job Satisfaction of Women in the Building Trades. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Wanberg, J, Harper, C, Hallowell, M R and Rajendran, S (2013) Relationship between Construction Safety and Quality Performance. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Yuventi, J, Levitt, R and Robertson, H (2013) Organizational Barriers to Productivity and Innovation in Large-Scale, U.S.-Based Photovoltaic System Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).

Zhang, L, Pan, C and Zou, X (2013) Criticality Comparison between the Repetitive Scheduling Method and the Network Model. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 139(10).