Overview
- Provides an international perspective on construction safety measures in various places, e.g. New Zealand, US and Australia
- Book contains case studies and interviews which provide a practical knowledge on construction safety
- Illustrates a unique case study on implementation of KYT (which was originated from Japan) in Hong Kong construction site
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Risk Engineering (RISK)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
A close-to-ideal blend of suburb and city, speedy construction of towers of Babylon, the sparkling proportion of glass and steel buildings’ facade at night showcase the wisdom of humans. They also witness the footsteps, sweats and tears of architects and engineers. Unfortunately, these signatures of human civilizations are swathed in towering figures of construction accidents. Fretting about these on sites, different countries adopt different measures on sites. This book firstly sketches the construction accidents on sites, followed by a review on safety measures in some of the developing countries such as Bermuda, Egypt, Kuwait and China; as well as developed countries, for example, the United States, France and Singapore. It also highlights the enormous compensation costs with the courts’ experiences in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“It is a compilation of research and publications by a large host of authors that Li and Poon have organized into a logical order of presentation for construction safety issues. … Li and Poon provide summary tables and graphs, in some cases, to show the patterns of research results and conclusions in certain areas of safety research. … a reference book for safety managers and experts, instructors of safety courses, or persons wanting to find sources of previous research on specific safety topics or concerns.” (Denise Gravitt, Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 31 (10), November, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr Rita Yi Man Li is currently an Assiatant Professor in Hong Kong Shue Yan University. She is the author of many articles and serves as an editorial board member for many journals.
Sun Wah Poon, University of Hong Kong.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Construction Safety
Authors: Rita Yi Man Li, Sun Wah Poon
Series Title: Risk Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35046-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-35045-0Published: 14 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42909-5Published: 07 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-35046-7Published: 01 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2195-433X
Series E-ISSN: 2195-4348
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 159
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Construction Management, Quality of Life Research, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Innovation/Technology Management, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk