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Alsamadani, R, Hallowell, M and Javernick-Will, A N (2013) Measuring and modelling safety communication in small work crews in the US using social network analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 568-79.
Ayers, G F, Culvenor, J F, Sillitoe, J and Else, D (2013) Meaningful and effective consultation and the construction industry of Victoria, Australia. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 542-67.
Behm, M and Schneller, A (2013) Application of the Loughborough Construction Accident Causation model: a framework for organizational learning. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 580-95.
Esmaeili, B and Hallowell, M (2013) Integration of safety risk data with highway construction schedules. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 528-41.
Forman, M (2013) Inertia and change: lean construction and health and safety work on construction sites. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 647-60.
Koch, C (2013) From crew to country? Local and national construction safety cultures in Denmark. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 691-703.
Larsen, G D and Whyte, J (2013) Safe construction through design: perspectives from the site team. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 675-90.
Li, H, Chan, G and Skitmore, M (2013) Integrating real time positioning systems to improve blind lifting and loading crane operations. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 596-605.
Marks, E D and Teizer, J (2013) Method for testing proximity detection and alert technology for safe construction equipment operation. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 636-46.
Melzner, J, Zhang, S, Teizer, J and Bargstädt, H-J (2013) A case study on automated safety compliance checking to assist fall protection design and planning in building information models. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 661-74.
Sherratt, F, Farrell, P and Noble, R (2013) UK construction site safety: discourses of enforcement and engagement. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 623-35.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2012.747689
- Abstract:
Developments in safety management on large UK construction sites have seen a paradigm shift from enforcement-based systems to safety-culture programmes, which seek to engage with the workforce to create fully cooperative and safety-conscious sites. Founded in social constructionism, recent research sought out the master discourses of safety on large UK construction sites through the examination of safety signage, talk around safety and safety documentation. Two of the most prominent discourses of safety on sites were found to be safety as enforcement and safety as engagement, reflecting the change in safety management strategies. These discourses were found to be interrelated in their constructions of safety, yet also varied in their associations with practice, responsibility, social interactions and the management hierarchy of the sites. These findings develop the current understanding of safety found on sites, with relation to the hierarchical structures of safety management and the discourses of enforcement and engagement in practice. The findings have significance for the safety practices of large UK contractors in developing and improving their safety-culture programmes, as well as suggesting potential new directions in the academic research of safety in construction.
Tutt, D, Pink, S, Dainty, A R J and Gibb, A (2013) ‘In the air’ and below the horizon: migrant workers in UK construction and the practice-based nature of learning and communicating OHS. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 515-27.
Zhou, Z, Irizarry, J and Li, Q (2013) Applying advanced technology to improve safety management in the construction industry: a literature review. Construction Management and Economics, 31(06), 606-22.