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Akintoye, A and Skitmore, M R (1994) Models of UK private sector quarterly construction demand. Construction Management and Economics, 12(01), 3-14.

Carrillo, P M (1994) Technology transfer: a survey of international construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 12(01), 45-51.

Duff, A R, Robertson, I T, Phillips, R A and Cooper, M D (1994) Improving safety by the modification of behaviour. Construction Management and Economics, 12(01), 67-78.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: goal-setting; measurement; safety management
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446199400000008
  • Abstract:

    Safety improvement in the construction industry will only be achieved if all concerned in the operation of construction sites change their behaviour. This article describes the development and effects of behaviourally-based management techniques in improving site safety. Goal-setting and feedback methods were developed and tested on six construction sites in the Northwest of England. A longitudinal research design was adopted, in which measures of safety perforamnce were taken before, during and after the application of these methods. The measures included four categories of measurement: access to heights; site housekeeping (tidiness); scaffolding; and use of personal protective equipment. Three of these categories were used for experiments with a variety of goal-setting and feedback interventions, while the fourth was used as a control. The results show that: safety behaviour can be objectively and reliably measured; goal-setting and feedback can produce large improvements in safety performance; commitment of site management appears to enhance their effectiveness. The work was financed by the Health and Safety Executive, and a further contract to develop the techniques into a basic part of safety management for several large construction companies has begun.

Fortune, C and Skitmore, M R (1994) Quantification skills in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 12(01), 79-88.

Khalid, G (1994) Obsolescence in hedonic price estimation of the financial impact of commercial office buildings: the case of Kuala Lumpur. Construction Management and Economics, 12(01), 37-44.

Laufer, A, Tucker, R L, Shapira, A and Shenhar, A J (1994) The multiplicity concept in construction project planning. Construction Management and Economics, 12(01), 53-65.

Ranasinghe, M (1994) Quantification and management of uncertainty in activity duration networks. Construction Management and Economics, 12(01), 15-29.

Tah, J H M, Thorpe, A and McCaffer, R (1994) A survey of indirect cost estimating in practice. Construction Management and Economics, 12(01), 31-6.