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Model for enhancing integrated identification, assessment, and operational control of on-site environmental impacts and health and safety risks in construction firms
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Author:
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Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Fuertes Casals, Alba; Roca Ramon, Xavier
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de la Construcció; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GRIC - Grup de Recerca i Innovació de la Construcció |
Abstract:
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Certifiable management-system standards apply similar management techniques and principles, but each system still tends to have
a separate structure in construction companies. Research and practice have demonstrated that management tasks may be duplicated when
standards are implemented in parallel. Consequently, integrated management systems are strongly advocated. However, existing literature
demonstrates that the integration of planning and control instruments involves a high level of uncertainty. This paper presents an innovative
model to enhance the integration of environmental- and health and safety
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management systems in construction companies, focusing on the
subsystems for identifying, assessing, and operationally controlling environmental aspects and health and safety hazards and using risk as an
integrating factor. The findings of this study have direct implications for both designers and contractors because the model helps to explicitly
consider on-site environmental impacts and construction-worker safety during the design process and offers on-site guidance to eliminate the
remaining impacts and risks or reduce them to acceptable levels. A case study is reported to illustrate the practical use of the proposed model
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Peer Reviewed |
Subject(s):
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació::Seguretat en la construcció -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Seguretat industrial::Prevenció de riscos laborals -Building--Safety measures -Construction industry--Environmental aspects -Construction industry--Employees--Health and hygiene -Construcció -- Aspectes ambientals -Seguretat en el treball -- Gestió -Construcció -- Mesures de seguretat -Indústria de la construcció -- Mesures de seguretat -Indústria de la construcció -- Personal -- Salut i higiene |
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Article - Submitted version Article |
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