Complexity, Systems, and Safety Management in Construction
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Construction sites are complex sociotechnical systems. Despite being a widely studied topic, worldwide construction health and safety performance remains stagnant. This Special Issue seeks to challenge the status quo by focusing on the interplay between workers and their environment. We are interested in articles that take a holistic view of the construction process and the various influences on eventual site safety and health. Papers focusing on upstream activities (design and planning), studies of resilience, those that seek to positively preserve the integrity of people, property, and the environment, and those aiming to capture the interplay of people, tools, and environments are welcome. Research utilizing systems thinking techniques to model construction work and the subsequent risks including AcciMap, Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM), System-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP), etc., is particularly encouraged.
Dr. Michael Behm
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- system safety
- complexity
- resilience engineering
- systems theory
- human factors
- safe design
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