ECOLOGICAL SAFETY OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS : BASIC HISTORICAL STAGES

Improving Construction Safety Construction Safety

John W. Mroszczyk, Ph.D., P.E., CSP, is president of Northeast Consulting Engineers Inc. in Danvers, MA. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University, and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics, both from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mroszczyk has been an active member of the OSHA Alliance Construction Roundtable. He is a professional mem...

Investigating the Impact of Safety Investment on Safety Culture in Construction Projects - Case Study of Power Plant Construction Projects

Background and aims: Construction industry is known as one of the most perilous industries in that it is involving the hazardous projects as well as the high manpower activities correlating with a high rate of work-related accidents. On the other hand, the high rate of accidents in the industry demanding a big budget for the damages; therefore, safety is strongly emphasized in the construction ...

Evolution of plant materials for ecological restoration: insights from the applied and basic literature

Evolution of plant materials for ecological restoration: insights from the applied and basic literature Erin K. Espeland*, Nancy C. Emery, Kristin L. Mercer, Scott A. Woolbright, Karin M. Kettenring, Paul Gepts and Julie R. Etterson USDA-ARS Pest Management Research Unit, 1500 N. Central Avenue, Sidney, MT 59270, USA; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, RAMY 0334, University of Colo...

Historical development and basic concepts

A FLEXIBLE METHOD OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT AND INVESTIGATING FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF SAFETY PROGRAM

Construction industry has the highest ratio of fatality of workers in comparison with other industries. Construction safety has been always a matter of focus to control safety risks. This article presents a new flexible method of safety risk assessment by adding Hybrid Value Number (HVN) to the assessment equation. As a result of using this method, the results of assessment process will be more...