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Li, Rita Yi Man; Poon, Sun Wah

 
9783642350450: Construction Safety (Risk Engineering)
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ISBN 10: 3642350453 ISBN 13: 9783642350450
Editorial: Springer, 2013

Sinopsis

A close-to-ideal blend of suburb and city, speedy construction of towers of Babylon, the sparkling proportion of glass and steel buildings’ facade at night showcase the wisdom of humans. They also witness the footsteps, sweats and tears of architects and engineers. Unfortunately, these signatures of human civilizations are swathed in towering figures of construction accidents. Fretting about these on sites, different countries adopt different measures on sites. This book firstly sketches the construction accidents on sites, followed by a review on safety measures in some of the developing countries such as Bermuda, Egypt, Kuwait and China; as well as developed countries, for example, the United States, France and Singapore. It also highlights the enormous compensation costs with the courts’ experiences in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

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Acerca del autor

Rita Yi Man Li is a lecturer in Department of Economics and Finance, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. Prior joining Shue Yan, she taught in Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Hong Kong. In recent four years, she has published more than 50 articles and received numerous awards/grants. She is also a member of the editorial board of many international refereed journals and a program committee member of international academic conferences. Sun Wah Poon, University of Hong Kong, swpoon@hku.hk

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A close-to-ideal blend of suburb and city, speedy construction of towers of Babylon, the sparkling proportion of glass and steel buildings facade at night showcase the wisdom of humans. They also witness the footsteps, sweats and tears of architects and engineers. Unfortunately, these signatures of human civilizations are swathed in towering figures of construction accidents. Fretting about these on sites, different countries adopt different measures on sites. This book firstly sketches the construction accidents on sites, followed by a review on safety measures in some of the developing countries such as Bermuda, Egypt, Kuwait and China; as well as developed countries, for example, the United States, France and Singapore. It also highlights the enormous compensation costs with the courts experiences in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

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Editorial
Springer
Año de publicación
2013
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
3642350453
ISBN 13 
9783642350450
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Número de páginas
172
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