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Öz, Ö (2001) Sources of competitive advantage of Turkish construction companies in international markets. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 135-44.

Han, S S and Ofori, G (2001) Construction industry in China's regional economy, 1990-1998. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 189-205.

Lam, K C, Hu, T, Ng, S T, Skitmore, M R and Cheung, S O (2001) A fuzzy neural network approach for contractor prequalification. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 175-88.

Lingard, H and Holmes, N (2001) Understandings of occupational health and safety risk control in small business construction firms: barriers to implementing technological controls. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 217-26.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: occupational health and safety; risk control; small business;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190010002570
  • Abstract:

    The construction industry poses a particular challenge for the making of occupational health and safety (OHS) risk control decisions which are equitable to all parties involved in the construction process. Typically, small business construction firms are engaged as subcontractors in the construction industry and are located at the lower end of the inter-organizational hierarchy in a construction project. As such, their ability to exert an influence on decision-making in the construction process is limited, despite their employees’ day to day exposure to OHS risks. A qualitative study of understandings of OHS risk control was conducted among a sample of small businesses engaged in the Australian construction industry. Two OHS risks relevant to the construction industry were selected for study. One risk (falls from height) represented an immediate consequence while the other (occupational skin disease) represented a long-term health effect. Understandings of control for these OHS risks were explored during in-depth interviews. The results suggest that, at the small business end of the industry, there is a fatalistic resignation to OHS risks being an unavoidable part of the job. This leads to an emphasis on individual rather than technological controls for OHS risk. The implication of these findings for the effective management of OHS risk is discussed.

Ng, S T, Mak, M M Y, Skitmore, M R, Lam, K C and Varnam, M (2001) The predictive ability of Bromilow's time-cost model. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 165-73.

Ofori, G and Lean, C S (2001) Factors influencing development of construction enterprises in Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 145-54.

Raftery, J, Csete, J and Hui, S K-F (2001) Are risk attitudes robust? Qualitative evidence before and after a business cycle inflection. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 155-64.

Sözen, Z and Kayahan, O (2001) Correlates of the length of the relationship between main and specialist trade contractors in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 131-3.

Sawhney, A and Mund, A (2001) IntelliCranes: an integrated crane type and model selection system. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 227-37.

Tam, C M, Tong, T K L, Cheung, S O and Chan, A P C (2001) Genetic algorithm model in optimizing the use of labour. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 207-15.