An evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in Malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects

Construction industry has been traditionally portraying the character of " Four D Industry' - Dull, Dirty, Demanding & Dangerous while its rapid growth and high sensitivity compare to other sectors of the country's economy indicated it involved long term investment and risks. High...

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Main Author: Thian, Kah Kien.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14110/3/An%20evaluation%20of%20pre-construction%20contract%20variables%20influencing%20occupational%20safety%20%26%20health%20performance%20in%20Malaysian%20design%20%26%20build%20and%20design-bid-build%20construction%20projects%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
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spelling my-unimas-ir.141102023-05-03T09:31:03Z An evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in Malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects 2011 Thian, Kah Kien. HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD61 Risk Management Construction industry has been traditionally portraying the character of " Four D Industry' - Dull, Dirty, Demanding & Dangerous while its rapid growth and high sensitivity compare to other sectors of the country's economy indicated it involved long term investment and risks. High frequency of accidents has incurred high costs and time loss to both the firms undertaking the construction project as well as to society. One of the most obvious reason leading to poor health and safety performance in local construction projects is the profit driven nature of construction firms which is in contrast to the high expenditure in the implementation of health and safety during the construction process. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14110/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14110/3/An%20evaluation%20of%20pre-construction%20contract%20variables%20influencing%20occupational%20safety%20%26%20health%20performance%20in%20Malaysian%20design%20%26%20build%20and%20design-bid-build%20construction%20projects%20%28fulltext%29.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Engineering
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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language English
topic HD Industries
Land use
Labor
HD61 Risk Management
spellingShingle HD Industries
Land use
Labor
HD61 Risk Management
Thian, Kah Kien.
An evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in Malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects
description Construction industry has been traditionally portraying the character of " Four D Industry' - Dull, Dirty, Demanding & Dangerous while its rapid growth and high sensitivity compare to other sectors of the country's economy indicated it involved long term investment and risks. High frequency of accidents has incurred high costs and time loss to both the firms undertaking the construction project as well as to society. One of the most obvious reason leading to poor health and safety performance in local construction projects is the profit driven nature of construction firms which is in contrast to the high expenditure in the implementation of health and safety during the construction process.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Thian, Kah Kien.
author_facet Thian, Kah Kien.
author_sort Thian, Kah Kien.
title An evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in Malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects
title_short An evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in Malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects
title_full An evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in Malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects
title_fullStr An evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in Malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects
title_full_unstemmed An evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in Malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects
title_sort evaluation of pre-construction contract variables influencing occupational safety & health performance in malaysian design & build and design-bid-build construction projects
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
granting_department Faculty of Engineering
publishDate 2011
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14110/3/An%20evaluation%20of%20pre-construction%20contract%20variables%20influencing%20occupational%20safety%20%26%20health%20performance%20in%20Malaysian%20design%20%26%20build%20and%20design-bid-build%20construction%20projects%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
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