Owner's role in construction safety

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 164-173

  Huang, Xinyu ^a   Hinze, Jimmie ^b  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Accidents; Contract management; Occupational safety; Owners; Safety programs

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OWNERS; SAFETY PROGRAMS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CONTRACTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 30844432407     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:2(164)     Document Type: Article

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