BLDG1260 Construction Management Principles LECTURE 3: SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION Riza Yosia Sunindijo Outline and aims 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The basic of construction safety The importance of safety The evolution of construction safety Psychological aspect Behavioural aspect Situational aspect Investing in safety 1 Basic definitions What is safety? What is a hazard? What is a risk? Accident vs. incident vs. injury What are the causes of an accident? Anton‚ T.J. (1989). Occupational safety
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of China and the United Kingdom China and the UK are two very different countries‚ not only in the culture‚ but also in the education‚ healthcare‚ economy and so on. In my opinion‚ differences between studying in China and in the UK are more than others‚ and you can only find a few similarities between them. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the education of China and the UK. The general education systems of China and the UK are quite similar‚ both of them have primary school
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What do I think are the solutions to overcome those problems? POPULATION GROWTH Refer to An increase in the number of people that reside within a country‚ state‚ or city‚ that is‚ increase in the number (size) of people who inhabit a territory or state. To determine whether there has been population growth‚ the following formula is used: Population Growth = (birth rate + immigration) - (death rate + emigration). Births (B)‚ deaths (D)‚ immigration rate (I)‚ and emigration rate
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construct. For instance‚ If you believe social constructions aren’t real‚ then please take out all the bills in your wallet and pass them up to me. Money is an example of a social construction that plays an extremely important role in our everyday lives. All those paper bills and coins are "just" paper and metal‚ and all that money in your bank account is "just" some numbers in a computer. Think about that for a moment. You may ruin the economy construction‚ which is assumptions on based on reality‚
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The Theory of Social Construction What is Social Construction? Social Construction Theory is concerned with the ways we think about and use categories to structure our experience and analysis of the world. (Jackson‚ Penrose) Nurture versus Nature The Nurture approach would say that rather than genetics or inborn traits‚ social ideas and categories (including stereotypes) are socially constructed or and then accepted as reality‚ despite the facts. – For instance‚ the earth was once considered
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The UK economy After faltering for several years‚ the UK economy shows signs of real recovery‚ with rising spending‚ investment‚ exports and even manufacturing growth. At the start of 2014‚ there seems to be a virtuous circle of falling unemployment‚ falling inflation‚ and rising GDP. After one of the longest and deepest recessions on record‚ these signs of economic growth are definitely welcome‚ yet it is far from a return to normality. Real GDP is still 2% below its 2008 peak‚ and the economy
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political dynamics (Holland‚ 1996; James & Prout‚ 1997; Sorin & Galloway‚ 2005). The purpose of the following analysis is to examine nine images of children being depicted in today’s media and identify the different constructions of childhood that they promote. The three social constructions of childhood that have been identified in these images include: the child as vulnerable (Simpson‚ 2005)‚ the child as innocent (Woodrow‚ 1999) and the child as a ‘gendered being’ (Burman‚ 1995). Conceptual tools
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Building Construction Related to the Fire Service Chapter 1: Building Construction & Fire Service The building variables that FF must consider: • Age of building – age in itself is not a hazard but an indication of potential hazards • Fire protection systems – first line of defense in a building • Occupancy of the building – often affects fire behavior…each occupancy has different hazards & fuels‚ and the structural components are subjected to different temperatures‚ heat release
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Accountability and transparency in public procurement Police chief Hemant Karkare died with bullet proof jacket at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus on 26/11/2008 at 22:45 PM while attacking pakistani terrorists. Bullet Proof jacket was such low quality that does not work! From the above example‚ we can easily understood the Public procurement is how much transparent in our country. Moreover‚ It was not published in any newspaper that who is/are accountable for that Bullet Proof jacket(s). Nobody
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http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/current_students/programme_resources/laws/subject_guides/public_law/public_chs1to4.pdf Nigel Morris: ‘The Big Question: Why doesn ’t the UK have a written constitution‚ and does it matter?’ published on 14/02/2008‚ accessed from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-big-question-why-doesnt-the-uk-have-a-written-constitution-and-does-it-matter-781975.html No author: ‘Magna Carta is favoured date for British Day’‚ published on 30/05/2006‚ accessed from http://www
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