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Abbott, M and Carson, C (2013) A comparative approach to determining the growth of productivity of the New Zealand construction industry. Construction Economics and Building, 13(04), 65-77.

Abdi, A, Lind, H and Birgisson, B (2013) Payment mechanisms for winter road maintenance services. Construction Economics and Building, 13(04), 18-31.

Aulich, T (2013) The role of effective communication in the construction Industry: a guide for education and health clients. Construction Economics and Building, 13(04), 92-101.

Dumrak, J, Mostafa, S, Kamardeen, I and Rameezdeen, R (2013) Factors associated with the severity of construction accidents: the case of South Australia. Construction Economics and Building, 13(04), 32-49.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Construction; accidents; severity; safety
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1837-9133
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v13i4.3620
  • Abstract:
    While the causes of accidents in the construction industry have been extensively studied, severity remains an understudied area. In order to provide more evidence for the currently limited number of empirical investigations on severity, this study analysed 24,764 construction accidents reported during 2002-11 in South Australia. A conceptual model developed through literature uses personal characteristics such as age, experience, gender and language. It also employs work-related factors such as size of organization, project size and location, mechanism of accident and body location of the injury. These were shown to discriminate why some accidents result in only a minor severity while others are fatal. Factors such as time of accident, day of the week and season were not strongly associated with accident severity. When the factors affecting severity of an accident are well understood, preventive measures could be developed specifically to those factors that are at high risk.

Kuiper, I and Holzer, D (2013) Rethinking the contractual context for Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the Australian built environment industry. Construction Economics and Building, 13(04), 1-17.

Langston, C (2013) Development of generic key performance indicators for PMBOK® using a 3D project integration model. Construction Economics and Building, 13(04), 78-91.

Spillane, J and Oyedele, L (2013) Strategies for effective management of health and safety in confined site construction. Construction Economics and Building, 13(04), 50-64.