Can design improve construction safety?: Assessing the impact of a collaborative safety-in-design process

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1125-1134

  Weinstein, Marc ^b   Gambatese, John ^a,c   Hecker, Steven ^b  

^a ASCE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Construction management; Design; Injuries; Safety

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PLANS; INJURIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 26644460213     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:10(1125)     Document Type: Article

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