Preece, C and Stocking, S (1999) Safety communications management in construction contracting. In: Hughes, W (ed.) Proceedings of 15th Annual ARCOM Conference, 15-17 September 1999, Liverpool, UK.
Abstract
This paper outlines the adaptation of communication theory and the development of safety communications management in construction contracting. Effective and efficient safety communication is essential in raising safety awareness and reducing incident frequency in the construction industry, and has the resultant effect of decreasing costs and increasing contractor profitability. Management should work hard at analysing organizational safety communication and removing barriers to effective and efficient safety communication by applying improvement techniques. To ensure continual improvement of safety communication an integrated total safety communications management system is proposed based on proven Total Quality Management and behaviour-based safety principles. Implementation of this requires complete, visible and long-term top management commitment to succeed.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | communication; construction; contracting; safety |
| Index terms: | commitment, adaptation, total quality management, management system, implementation, construction industry, communication theory, top management, profitability |
| Subjects: | contractual arrangements, evaluation methods, economic analysis, psychology, user focus, industry analysis, communication studies, management |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Information Management, Research Practice, Procurement, Design Practice, Quality Management, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 CT |
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