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024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-35046-7
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101 0 $aeng
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182   $cc
183   $acr
200 10$aConstruction Safety /$fby Rita Yi Man Li, Sun Wah Poon
205   $a1st ed. 2013.
210  1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (xii, 159 pages) $cillustrations (some color)
225 1 $aRisk Engineering,$x2195-4348
300   $a"ISSN: 2195-433X."
300   $a"ISSN: 2195-4348 (electronic)."
311 08$a9783642350450 
311 08$a3642350453 
311 08$a9783642429095 
311 08$a3642429092 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aA literature review on the causes of construction accidents -- Why do accidents happen? A critical review on the evolution of the construction accident causation models -- Supply of safety measures in developing and developed countries: a global perspective -- Effectiveness of safety measures in reducing construction accident rates -- Senior and junior construction personnel?s point of view on construction safety -- Case studies on safety measures implementation -- Using Web 2.0 to share the knowledge of construction safety as a public good in nature among researchers: the fable of economic animals -- Future motivation in construction safety knowledge sharing by means of Information Technology -- Demand for construction safety -- Workers? compensation for non-fatal construction accidents: review of court cases in Hong Kong -- Construction accident compensation in the United Kingdom -- Job Burnout and Safety Performance in the Hong Kong Construction Industry.
330   $aA close-to-ideal blend of suburb and city, speedy construction of towers of Babylon, the sparkling proportion of glass and steel buildings? facade at night showcase the wisdom of humans. They also witness the footsteps, sweats and tears of architects and engineers. Unfortunately, these signatures of human civilizations are swathed in towering figures of construction accidents. Fretting about these on sites, different countries adopt different measures on sites. This book firstly sketches the construction accidents on sites, followed by a review on safety measures in some of the developing countries such as Bermuda, Egypt, Kuwait and China; as well as developed countries, for example, the United States, France and Singapore. It also highlights the enormous compensation costs with the courts? experiences in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
410  0$aRisk Engineering,$x2195-4348
606   $aConstruction industry$xManagement
606   $aQuality of life
606   $aOccupational health services
606   $aTechnological innovations
606   $aSecurity systems
606   $aConstruction Management
606   $aQuality of Life Research
606   $aOccupational Health
606   $aInnovation and Technology Management
606   $aSecurity Science and Technology
615  0$aConstruction industry$xManagement.
615  0$aQuality of life.
615  0$aOccupational health services.
615  0$aTechnological innovations.
615  0$aSecurity systems.
615 14$aConstruction Management.
615 24$aQuality of Life Research.
615 24$aOccupational Health.
615 24$aInnovation and Technology Management.
615 24$aSecurity Science and Technology.
676   $a690/.22
700   $aLi$b Rita Yi Man$0720704
701   $aPoon$b S. W$01753934
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906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910437911003321
996   $aConstruction safety$94190003
997   $aUNINA