Overview

A close-to-ideal blend of suburb and city, speedy construction of towers of Babylon, the sparkling proportion of glass and steel buildings’ facade at night showcase the wisdom of humans. They also witness the footsteps, sweats and tears of architects and engineers. Unfortunately, these signatures of human civilizations are swathed in towering figures of construction accidents. Fretting about these on sites, different countries adopt different measures on sites. This book firstly sketches the construction accidents on sites, followed by a review on safety measures in some of the developing countries such as Bermuda, Egypt, Kuwait and China; as well as developed countries, for example, the United States, France and Singapore. It also highlights the enormous compensation costs with the courts’ experiences in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

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Author:   Rita Yi Man Li ,  Sun Wah Poon
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2013 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   3.849kg
ISBN:  

9783642350450

ISBN 10:   3642350453
Pages:   159
Publication Date:   14 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

A literature review on the causes of construction accidents.- Why do accidents happen? A critical review on the evolution of the construction accident causation models.- Supply of safety measures in developing and developed countries: a global perspective.- Effectiveness of safety measures in reducing construction accident rates.- Senior and junior construction personnel’s point of view on construction safety.- Case studies on safety measures implementation.- Using Web 2.0 to share the knowledge of construction safety as a public good in nature among researchers: the fable of economic animals.- Future motivation in construction safety knowledge sharing by means of Information Technology.- Demand for construction safety.- Workers’ compensation for non-fatal construction accidents: review of court cases in Hong Kong.- Construction accident compensation in the United Kingdom.- Job Burnout and Safety Performance in the Hong Kong Construction Industry.

Reviews

From the reviews: It is a compilation of research and publications by a large host of authors that Li and Poon have organized into a logical order of presentation for construction safety issues. ... Li and Poon provide summary tables and graphs, in some cases, to show the patterns of research results and conclusions in certain areas of safety research. ... a reference book for safety managers and experts, instructors of safety courses, or persons wanting to find sources of previous research on specific safety topics or concerns. (Denise Gravitt, Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 31 (10), November, 2013)

Author Information

Rita Yi Man Li is a lecturer in Department of Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Prior joining Shue Yan, she taught in Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Hong Kong. In recent four years, she has published more than 50 articles and received numerous awards/grants. She is also a member of the editorial board of many international refereed journals and a program committee member of international academic conferences. Sun Wah Poon, University of Hong Kong, swpoon@hku.hk

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