Health & Safety criteria for determining the sustainable value of construction projects

Safety Science

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-232

  Reyes, Juan P ^a   San José, José T ^b   Cuadrado, Jesús ^b   Sancibrian, Ramón ^c  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AHP; Construction; Health and safety; Methodology; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AHP; BUILDING LIFE CYCLE; CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SECTORS; HEALTH AND SAFETY; METHODOLOGY; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COORDINATION; COST; CRITERION VARIABLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84884381931     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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