Advances in Construction Safety Management Practices

Dear Colleagues,

Internationally, the construction industry is one of the most dangerous fields when it comes to worker safety and is often over represented when it comes to serious injuries, work-related illness and fatalities. Further to the impacts on construction worker safety, these also contribute to indirect losses such as schedule delays and increased project costs. The substantial social and economic impacts associated with worksite injury and fatalities has resulted in significant international research interest in understanding the underlying factors influencing construction safety management over the past few decades. Despite the current understanding of construction safety management, poor levels of such management are still commonly observed in the construction industry internationally. Improving the safety and wellbeing of workers in the construction industry requires advancing the current understanding of the current and future needs for ensuring the safe and successful management of construction projects in an environment characterised by competing objectives.

This Collection welcomes original articles that address the challenges and opportunities for enhancing construction safety management in all its facets. Submissions could relate, but are not limited, to the following topics related to science, technology and the management of worker and construction safety:

• Social, policy and organizational aspects.
• The effectiveness of risk control and management techniques for improving safety performance.
• Advances in technologies related to the assessment, control, management and communication of risks.
• Human factors and safety.
• Policy, planning and decision-making in safety.
• The interface between technology, people, environment and organizations.

Prof. Dr. Wei Tong Chen
Prof. Dr. Ying-Hua Huang
Assoc. Prof. Han-Hsiang Wang
Collection Editors

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