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Informationen zum Autor Tim Howarth is a Principal Lecturer and Director of Student Affairs in the School of the Built Environment at Northumbria University. Paul Watson is Professor and Head of Construction, Cost and Surveying in the Faculty of Development and Society at Sheffield Hallam University. He has authored and co-authored 146 papers and six text books related to construction and construction education Klappentext Additional resources to accompany the book are available at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/howarth/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. Zusammenfassung Construction Safety Management by Tim Howarth and Paul Watson 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations viii Introduction ix 1 Issues Related to the Safety Performance of the UK Construction Industry 1 Learning objectives 1 Introduction 1 Safety performance 2 Supporting health and safety success in UK industries - the HSC and the HSE 3 The reporting and recording of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences 3 Standardisation of reported accident statistics 9 Exploring the safety record of the UK construction industry 10 Campaign to revitalise health and safety in the UK construction industry 20 Summary 20 References 21 Self-assessment questions 22 2 The Legal Framework and Enforcement of Construction Health and Safety 23 Learning objectives 23 The legal framework of UK construction health and safety law 23 Complying with health and safety law - fulfilling duties 28 Enforcement of health and safety law within the UK 29 Summary 38 References 39 Self-assessment questions 40 3 UK Construction Health and Safety Law 41 Learning objectives 41 Introduction 42 Key duties imposed by the act relating to the safeguarding of health and safety standards 44 Statutory instruments - regulations 52 Summary 53 References 53 Self-assessment questions 54 4 The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 55 Learning objectives 55 Introduction to the regulations 56 The structure and content of the reg...
