'CHASTE': Construction hazard assessment with spatial and temporal exposure

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 625-638

  Rozenfeld, Ophir ^a   Sacks, Rafael ^b   Rosenfeld, Yehiel ^b  

^a Plaza Centers NV ^*  (Romania)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Construction safety; Lean construction; Risk analysis; Safety management

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MODEL; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION HAZARDS; CONSTRUCTION PLAN; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; LEVELS OF DETAIL; LOSS OF CONTROL; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PROTOTYPE SOFTWARE; RISK LEVELS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY RISKS; WORK TEAM;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; HAZARDS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MODEL BUILDINGS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

EID: 70449348754     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190903002771     Document Type: Article

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