Zou, Patrick.

Strategic safety management in construction and engineering / Patrick X.W. Zou, Professor and Chair of Building and Construction Management and Fellow of the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Australia, Riza Yosia Sunindijo, Lecturer in Construction Management and Property, UNSW Built Environment, UNSW (The University of New South Wales), Australia. - vi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Safety management in construction and engineering: an introduction -- Economics of safety -- Safety climate and culture -- Skills for safety -- Safety training and learning -- Safety in design, risk management, and BIM -- Research methodology and research-practice Nexus -- Strategic safety management.

Although the construction and engineering sector makes important contributions to the economic, social, and environmental objectives of a nation, it has a notorious reputation for being an unsafe industry in which to work. Despite the fact that safety performance in the industry has improved, injuries and fatalities still occur frequently.

College of Engineering and Computer Studies

9781118839379 (cloth)

2015007959


Building--Safety measures.
Engineering--Management.

TH443 / .Z68 2015

620.00683/Z79