Proactive construction safety systems and the human factor

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 242-252

  Forsythe, Perry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information technology; Safety hazards

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HAZARDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SAFETY FACTOR; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

AREAS OF CONCERNS; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING; CONSTRUCTION SAFETY; CONSTRUCTION STAGES; DESIGN AND PLANNING; HUMAN BEHAVIOURS; REAL TIME TRACKING; STATE OF THE ART;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84912557577     PISSN: 17514304     EISSN: 17514312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/mpal.13.00055     Document Type: Article

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