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Construction Safety Management [235802]

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The construction industry is a global, dynamic and innovative industry that delivers buildings and infrastructure for all aspects of commercial and domestic activity. This dynamic and innovative industry is faced with safety challenges on a project by project and day to day basis. Excellence in Health and safety management is therefore a key requirement of construction industry professional practice, and as such its study is a necessary and core component of a wide range of built environment undergraduate degree programmes, either as a distinct discipline or as an embedded component."Construction Safety Management" is an accessible, up-to-date text that outlines the principles and practices of construction health and safety management. It is written to support the study of health and safety on professionally accredited undergraduate built environment degree programmes. The text introduces and informs the reader of issues, concepts, legislation and practice pertinent to the sound development of knowledge and practice requisite for effective construction health and safety management. Students on courses ranging from Architecture, Architectural Technology, Building Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management and Quantity Surveying will find that each chapter presents clear learning objectives, addresses key issues and concepts and provides for self-assessment of learning. Contents: Introduction: Health and Safety - Overriding Principles. The Safety Performance of the UK Construction Industry. The Legal Framework and Enforcement of Construction Health and Safety. UK Construction Health and Safety Law. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007. Key Site Health and Safety Hazards and Control Measures. Principles and Practice of Health and Safety Risk Assessment. Managing for Health and Wellbeing. The (Principal) Contractor's Health and Safety Management System. Promoting a Positive Health and Safety Culture.

Author:	Howarth, Tim; Watson, Paul
Date Published:	12 December 2008
Document Type:	Books
Format:	Paperback
ISBN:	1405186607
ISBN13:	9781405186605
Pages:	216
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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