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Construction Health and Safety in Developing Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 254

Construction Health and Safety in Developing Countries

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-08-22
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The global construction sector is infamous for high levels of injuries, accidents and fatalities, and poor health and well-being of its workforce. While this record appears in both developed and developing countries, the situation is worse in developing countries, where major spending on infrastructure development is expected. There is an urgent need to improve construction health and safety (H&S) in developing countries. The improvement calls for the development of context-specific solutions underpinned by research into challenges and related solutions. This edited volume advances the current understanding of construction H&S in developing countries by revealing context-specific issues and ...

Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the COVID-19 era
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 387

Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the COVID-19 era

This edited book presents a significant and timely contribution to our understanding of a broad range of issues pertaining to COVID-19 and its relationship to occupational safety, health and well-being (OSHW) in the global construction industry. The editors first introduce the industry and its poor OSHW history before highlighting some of the broader impacts of the pandemic on the sector. The book is then divided into two sections. Section One focuses on the management of COVID-19 transmission risk. It captures insights, practices, technologies and lessons learned in relation to what has and is being done to prevent or mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission among the construction workfor...

Proceedings of the Second International Conference of Construction, Infrastructure, and Materials
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 621

Proceedings of the Second International Conference of Construction, Infrastructure, and Materials

This book comprises selected proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Construction, Infrastructure, and Materials (ICCIM 2021) focusing on topics such as structural engineering, construction materials, geotechnical engineering, transportation system and engineering, construction management, water resources engineering, and infrastructure development. Its content will be useful to researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers alike.

Handbook of Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the Industry 4.0 Era
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 328

Handbook of Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the Industry 4.0 Era

This Handbook seeks to examine and advance current understanding of the confluence of construction health, safety and well-being and the broad range of Industry 4.0 technologies in use in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. Globally, the construction sector accounts for more than 100,000 occupational fatalities annually. In many countries, reports of work-related accidents, injuries and illnesses are commonplace, and there is an urgent need to improve the occupational safety and health (OSH) outlook of the construction sector. The fourth industrial revolution presents opportunities to leverage modern technologies (e.g., big data, artificial intelligence, automation...

Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 217

Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-03-27
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Focusing on the broader areas of Industry 4.0 as it applies to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this book offers a smooth adoption of techniques and technologies and presents advances, challenges, and opportunities for implementation. It will also enhance the role of academia by training new engineers on Industry 4.0 and digital transformation. Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions presents concepts of predictive maintenance, digital factory, digital twin, additive manufacturing, and machining for sustainable development. It discusses the challenges faced by adopting Industry 4.0 including new security and privacy measures in the whole smart manufacturing setup while also explaining the impact of Industry 4.0 on Lean production systems. Implementation recommendations in the form of case studies, research studies, and the role academia can play are also provided. Practitioners, research scholars, academicians, and those studying or working in the Industry 4.0 sector will find this book of interest.

4D CAD and Visualization in Construction
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

4D CAD and Visualization in Construction

The construction enterprise is being transformed by visual modelling. Tools such as 3D/4D CAD and virtual reality are now in widespread use in construction. This book is both a survey of the changes being made in practice and a detailed guide to future directions for research and development. This book features a number of detailed case studies and

Achieving Value for Money in Capital Build Projects
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 179

Achieving Value for Money in Capital Build Projects

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-10-08
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book is the first to bring together academic and practitioner views of Value for Money (VFM). VFM has been used to assess whether or not an organisation has obtained the maximum benefit within the resources available to it. A concept used by the public sector to assess the benefits of major built environment projects, it has become a major tenet of public private partnerships, capital project infrastructure and civil engineering megaprojects. This book presents and discusses the various debates surrounding the concept of Value for Money. It provides an international perspective on VFM by drawing upon the existing and fast developing body of principles and practices for Capital Build Pro...

Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 261

Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-10-16
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book chronicles how contract cases from the construction industry have influenced, solidified, refined and particularized U.S. contract law. The book’s central claim is that the construction industry experience has helped to contextualize U.S. contract law and, therefore, has encouraged the common law to be more receptive to flexible legal standards and practices and less constrained by the relatively rigid rules that often characterize contract law. Other scholarly books analyze the themes, values, standards, and principles of contemporary contract law, but none captures how construction industry relationships and practices have influenced the common law of contracts. After providing...

Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 635

Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-04-05
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV covers a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to:- Occupational Safety- Risk Assessment- Ergonomics- Management Systems- Physical Environment - Construction Safety, and - Human FactorsThis compilation of papers in the domain of occupational safety and hygiene is mainly based on research works carried

Construction Health and Safety in Developing Countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 347

Construction Health and Safety in Developing Countries

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-08-22
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The global construction sector is infamous for high levels of injuries, accidents and fatalities, and poor health and well-being of its workforce. While this record appears in both developed and developing countries, the situation is worse in developing countries, where major spending on infrastructure development is expected. There is an urgent need to improve construction health and safety (H&S) in developing countries. The improvement calls for the development of context-specific solutions underpinned by research into challenges and related solutions. This edited volume advances the current understanding of construction H&S in developing countries by revealing context-specific issues and ...