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Special Issue on Engineering Management for Sustainable Development
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Call for Papers on Engineering Management for Sustainable Development
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Cognitive Psychological Approach for Risk Assessment in Construction Projects
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: With ever increasing complexities, construction projects are constantly exposed to a variety of risks associated with all stages of project execution from the initial assessment of strategic options through procurement, ...
Impact of the Supervisor on Worker Safety Behavior in Construction Projects
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: As a major organizational antecedent of worker safety behavior (WSB), management behavior is drawing more and more academic attention because it tends to be the root cause of occupational safety accidents. The current ...
Closure to “Developing a Model of Construction Safety Culture” by Rafiq M. Choudhry, Dongping Fang, and Sherif Mohamed
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Understanding the Causation of Construction Workers’ Unsafe Behaviors Based on System Dynamics Modeling
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The unsafe behaviors of construction workers are often the immediate causes of construction accidents, but the underlying causation of such behaviors are not well understood. This research regards the management of ...
Developing a Model of Construction Safety Culture
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The concept of safety culture is relatively new in the construction industry; however, it is gaining popularity due to its ability to embrace all perceptional, psychological, behavioral, and managerial factors. To address ...
Safety Climate in Construction Industry: A Case Study in Hong Kong
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Because of the characteristics of decentralization and mobility in the construction industry, safety culture is crucially important. A comprehensive safety climate questionnaire survey was conducted with all sites and ...
Measuring Safety Climate of a Construction Company
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Safety climate can benefit contractors, specialty contractors, and owners of industries by providing them with the knowledge of attitudes and perceptions that can help to consistently achieve better safety performance. The ...
Safety Climate Improvement: Case Study in a Chinese Construction Company
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A positive safety climate can improve employees’ safety awareness and reduce workers’ unsafe behaviors. Having consistent key factors that comprise safety climate is paramount in facilitating the measurement and comparison ...