Benchmarking studies on construction safety management in China

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 424-432

  Fang, D P ^a   Huang, X Y ^b,c   Hinze, Jimmie ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bench marks; China; Construction industry; Safety

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLUSTERING; SITE SAFETY; VARIABLES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BENCHMARKING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944270659     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2004)130:3(424)     Document Type: Article

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