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The Influence of Project Managers on Construction Health and Safety in South Africa
Construction Economics and Building
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The Influence of Project Managers on Construction Health and Safety in South Africa
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Smallwood, John
Venter, Danie |
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| Description |
The paper reports on a study which investigates the influence of project managers (PMs),independent agents engaged by clients to manage and co-ordinate the design and constructionprocesses, on construction health and safety (H&S).Based upon a literature review and descriptive survey of PMs, the study determined thatPMs prioritise the traditional project parameters of cost, quality and time, consider andrefer to H&S more frequently during construction, than during procurement and designrelated occasions, generally consider and refer to H&S relative to various design relatedactivities, encounter design and procurement related situations which negatively affectH&S more frequently than situations which complement H&S. It also found that the potentialexists for various design, procurement and related aspects and actions to contribute toan improvement in H&S performance, and inadequate H&S negatively impacts on otherproject parameters and increases project risk.
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UTS ePRESS
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2012-11-15
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/2887
10.5130/AJCEB.v2i1.2887 |
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Construction Economics and Building; Vol 2, No 1 (2002): AJCEB; 57-69
2204-9029 |
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eng
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http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/2887/3065
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Copyright (c) 2002 John Smallwood, Danie Venter
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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