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Strategies for effective management of health and safety in confined site construction

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Strategies for effective management of health and safety in confined site construction
 
Creator Spillane, John
Oyedele, Lukumon O.
 
Subject Construction Management; Site Management; Personnel Management; Health and Safety Management
Brown Field Construction Sites; City Centre Development; Confined Site Construction; Health and Safety; Personnel Management; Project Management; Site Management; Productivity; Space Management; Urban Development.
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Description Purpose: The overall aim of this research is to identify and catalogue the numerous managerial strategies for effective management of health and safety on a confined, urban, construction site. Design/Methodology/Approach: This is achieved by utilising individual interviews, focus groups discussion on selected case studies of confined construction sites, coupled with a questionnaire survey. Findings: The top five key strategies include (1) Employ safe system of work plans to mitigate personnel health and safety issues; (2) Inform personnel, before starting on-site, of the potential issues using site inductions; (3) Effective communication among site personnel; (4) Draft and implement an effective design site layout prior to starting on-site; and (5) Use of banksman (traffic co-ordinator) to segregate personnel from vehicular traffic. Practical Implication: The construction sector is one of the leading industries in accident causation and with the continued development and regeneration of our urban centres, confined site construction is quickly becoming the norm - an environment which only fuels accident creation within the construction sector. Originality/Value: This research aids on-site management that requires direction and assistance in the identification and implementation of key strategies for the management of health and safety, particularly in confined construction site environments.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
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Date 2013-12-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Interviews, Focus Group Discussions and Questionnaire Survey
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3619
10.5130/AJCEB.v13i4.3619
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 13, No 4 (2013): AJCEB; 50-64
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3619/3880
 
Coverage UK; Ireland
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105 Construction Professionals
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2013 John Spillane, Lukumon O. Oyedele
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