Integration of safety risk data with highway construction schedules

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 528-541

  Esmaeili, Behzad ^a   Hallowell, Matthew ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; occupational health and safety; risk management; scheduling

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ACTIVITIES; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DESIGN AND PLANNING; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; MAINTENANCE SECTORS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA INTEGRATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAINTENANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SCHEDULING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884291265     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2012.739288     Document Type: Article

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