Dixon, W S (2014) Quantitative tool for measuring safety culture on busy construction sites in Great Britain. DProf thesis, University of Salford, UK.
Abstract
This thesis is aimed at developing an academically robust, cost effective tool / procedure for measuring safety culture that is easily administered on a busy construction site in Great Britain. This researcher works as a safety manager on construction sites and is typically employed on multi-million pound new build projects for blue-chip clients. These sites typically employ between 1-3,000 workers. Keeping workers safe is challenging and important, not only from the legal and ethical perspectives but also to ensure the companies reputations. To this end all of the companies and clients that this researcher has worked for in the last 15 years have been keen and vocal in their attempts to improve the safety culture on site. The researcher has witnessed large sums of money being spent in an attempt to make such improvements. Typically, companies wish to see tangible results after having invested money in order to facilitate change or improvements. Investing money to improve the site safety culture should be no different. This is where the difficulties arise and where a gap in knowledge has been identified by this research.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | client; construction site; new build; safety; UK |
| Index terms: | new build, manager, construction site, safety culture |
| Subjects: | health safety and environment, construction integration, work location, practitioner |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Health and Safety, Site Management, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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