Strategic safety management in construction and engineering

By:

Zou, Patrick X. W

Contributor(s):

Sunindijo, Riza Yosia

Publication details: West Sussex John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2015Description: vi,ii,240pISBN:

9781118839379

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

692.06 ZOU

Contents:

CONTENTS Foreword vii Acknowledgements ix 1 Safety Management in Construction and Engineering: An Introduction 1 The importance of the industry 1 Characteristics of the construction and engineering sector 2 Why a book on strategic safety management? 6 Historical development and current trends in construction safety management 6 The book’s contents 10 References 14 2 Economics of Safety 17 Costs of construction accidents 18 Benefits of investment in safety 29 Return on investment in safety management 33 A case study on return on investment in safety risk management 35 Optimisation of investment in safety risk management 40 Evaluation of investment in safety risk management 44 Conclusions 49 References 49 3 Safety Climate and Culture 53 Safety climate 54 Safety culture 58 Safety culture maturity measurement criteria and frameworks 62 Safety culture maturity measurement instrument 65 Case studies 69 Utility of safety culture 80 Conclusions 81 References 82 4 Skills for Safety 86 An overview of the skill set 86 Conceptual skill 92 Human skill 95 Political skill 99 Technical skills 103 Skill development model 106 Skill development strategies 111 Conclusions 117 References 118 5 Safety Training and Learning 123 Training and learning defined 124 Approaches to learning: pedagogy and andragogy 124 Safety learning in construction and engineering 128 Techniques for evaluating safety training and learning 139 Case study 142 Conclusions 148 References 149 6 Safety in Design, Risk Management and BIM 152 What is safety in design? 152 Why is it necessary to implement safety in design? 155 Safety in design policies and guidelines 156 Safety risk management 160 Current issues and possible solutions 170 Case studies 172 Building information modelling (BIM) for safety in design 175 Conclusions 177 References 177 7 Research Methodology and Research–Practice Nexus 180 A typical research process 181 Research methodologies 183 Current state of play on safety research methodologies 193 Social desirability bias in research design 195 Why and how social desirability bias happens 197 Techniques for minimising social desirability bias in safety research 200 Research-practice nexus 203 Discussions 207 Assessing the relevance of research outcomes in practical application 208 Conclusions 208 References 210 8 Strategic Safety Management 214 A strategic safety management framework 215 Developing safety management strategies 216 Implementing safety management strategies 220 Evaluating safety management strategies 224 Case study 225 Conclusions 230 References 231 Bibliography 234 Index 237

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CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Safety Management in Construction and Engineering: An Introduction 1
The importance of the industry 1
Characteristics of the construction and engineering sector 2
Why a book on strategic safety management? 6
Historical development and current trends in construction safety management 6
The book’s contents 10
References 14
2 Economics of Safety 17
Costs of construction accidents 18
Benefits of investment in safety 29
Return on investment in safety management 33
A case study on return on investment in safety risk management 35
Optimisation of investment in safety risk management 40
Evaluation of investment in safety risk management 44
Conclusions 49
References 49
3 Safety Climate and Culture 53
Safety climate 54
Safety culture 58
Safety culture maturity measurement criteria and frameworks 62
Safety culture maturity measurement instrument 65
Case studies 69
Utility of safety culture 80
Conclusions 81
References 82
4 Skills for Safety 86
An overview of the skill set 86
Conceptual skill 92
Human skill 95
Political skill 99
Technical skills 103
Skill development model 106
Skill development strategies 111
Conclusions 117
References 118
5 Safety Training and Learning 123
Training and learning defined 124
Approaches to learning: pedagogy and andragogy 124
Safety learning in construction and engineering 128
Techniques for evaluating safety training and learning 139
Case study 142
Conclusions 148
References 149
6 Safety in Design, Risk Management and BIM 152
What is safety in design? 152
Why is it necessary to implement safety in design? 155
Safety in design policies and guidelines 156
Safety risk management 160
Current issues and possible solutions 170
Case studies 172
Building information modelling (BIM) for safety in design 175
Conclusions 177
References 177
7 Research Methodology and Research–Practice Nexus 180
A typical research process 181
Research methodologies 183
Current state of play on safety research methodologies 193
Social desirability bias in research design 195
Why and how social desirability bias happens 197
Techniques for minimising social desirability bias in safety research 200
Research-practice nexus 203
Discussions 207
Assessing the relevance of research outcomes in practical application 208
Conclusions 208
References 210
8 Strategic Safety Management 214
A strategic safety management framework 215
Developing safety management strategies 216
Implementing safety management strategies 220
Evaluating safety management strategies 224
Case study 225
Conclusions 230
References 231
Bibliography 234
Index 237

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