This paper presents the measured effects of different resource qualities on construction performance. The describes a recommended method, proposed with concept prediction by understanding causal effect process resources consequent work efficiencies. project team and compared arrangements their on-site includes field study 15 operations (40 piles) in Melbourne, several worksites prefabricated pi...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the 5-year sustainability of a worksite canteen intervention of serving more fruit and vegetables (F&V). DESIGN Average F&V consumption per customer per meal per day was assessed in five worksite canteens by weighing F&V served and subtracting waste. Data were collected by the canteen staff during a 3-week continuous period and compared to data from the same five canteens...

To test the effectiveness of a low-intensity intervention program for smoking cessation targeting the worksite environment in employees who had a low readiness to quit, we conducted an intervention trial at six intervention and six control worksites in Japan. A total of 2,307 smokers at baseline who remained at their worksite throughout the three-year study period were analyzed (1,017 in interv...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the study was to evaluate a 6-month intervention to promote office-employees' walking with pedometers and e-mail messages. METHODS Participants were recruited by 10 occupational health care units (OHC) from 20 worksites with 2,230 employees. Voluntary and insufficiently physically active employees (N = 241) were randomized to a pedometer (STEP, N = 123) and a compari...

BACKGROUND An estimated one third of energy is consumed in the workplace. The workplace is therefore an important context in which to reduce energy consumption to tackle the high rates of overweight and obesity in the general population. Altering environmental cues for food selection and consumption-physical micro-environment or 'choice architecture' interventions-has the potential to reduce en...