Scheduling-Based Risk Estimation and Safety Planning for Construction Projects
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 132, Issue 6
Abstract
This paper considers the issue of safety risks on construction sites. It introduces the concept of combined effect of different risk factors to the accident. For proper safety planning, safety managers need to be well aware of the direct causes of the accident as well as indirect factors that adversely effect on site safety. If it is observed that if a hazardous environment exists at the site, then either that hazardous environment must be eliminated or occupations and processes related to that hazard must be properly protected. One of the measures for evading such hazardous situations is to predict such situations and to reschedule the start time of high-risk situation so that risks are not concentrated during certain periods and at certain locations. In order to predict when and where the risk will reach its highest level, analysis should be performed based upon various information including statistical sources such as accident histories and this should be done in coordination with the activity scheduling. This paper analyzes the result of accident history and provides information about vulnerable situations. In addition, it presents a theory of safety planning method which estimates the risk distribution of a project and helps the safety manager to both estimate situations of concentrated risk and then to reschedule it when it is necessary.
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 132 • Issue 6 • June 2006
Pages: 626 - 635
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© 2006 ASCE.
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Received: Jul 13, 2004
Accepted: Oct 19, 2005
Published online: Jun 1, 2006
Published in print: Jun 2006
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