Occupational Safety and Construction Project Management

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to launch a new Special Issue focusing on recent developments in the field of Construction Project Management and Occupational Safety.

The construction sector has characteristics that differentiate it from other sectors, such as the temporary nature of the construction process, having many participants during the whole process, the lack of specialization of workers, overlapping of a large number of different jobs at/in the same time and space, high proportion of subcontracting, etc. All these drawbacks make the management of projects and, in particular, occupational health issues a challenge, the construction sector being the one with the highest incidence rate.

Occupational fatalities, injuries and disease cause considerable human suffering and affect not only the workers directly involved but also their families, and contribute to the national cost of medical care and rehabilitation. They also affect the traditional parameters of construction projects through increased construction costs, damage to the environment, non-compliance with quality standards and delays in deadlines.

Given the characteristics of this sector, project managers, project leaders and coordinators are fundamental for, among other things, preserving the health and safety and well-being of all the people involved into all aspects of both the design and construction process.

We invite you to submit papers to this Special Issue, the scope of which is not limited to the detailed research topics depicted above. Any topic regarding safety in construction is appropriate for this Special Issue.

Dr. María Martínez-Rojas
Dr. Jose Manuel Soto Hidalgo
Dr. Andrea Miano
Dr. Autilia Vitiello
Guest Editors

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