1. Edition - November 2008
34.90 Euro
2008. 216 Pages, Softcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 1-4051-8660-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-8660-5 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
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. 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.

The Authors

Tim Howarth is a Principal Lecturer and Director of Student Affairs in the School of the Built Environment at Northumbria University and Paul Watson is Professor and Head of Construction in the Faculty of Development and Society at Sheffield Hallam University

Also Available

Principles of Construction Safety

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978 1 4051 3446 0

CDM Regulations 2007 Procedures Manual

Third Edition

Stuart Summerhayes

978 1 4051 4002 7

Cover illustrations courtesy of Tim Howarth

Cover design by Andy Meaden

From the 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