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CE-884 Safety Management in Construction
Campus MCE
Programs PG
Session Summer Semester 2016
Course Title Safety Management in Construction
Course Code CE-884
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes
Course Objectives Aims to give students a broad introduction to the subject of safety management in construction to enable them to be familiar risk and hazards and with all SOP of the construction methods and techniques as well as safe operation and safety management systems.
Detail Content
  • Introduction.Cost of Construction Accidents / Incidents.
  • Construction Safety Programs. Analyzing Construction Hazards and Accidents/Incidents.
  • Construction Accident Prevention Techniques.Personal Protective Equipment. Job Site Safety.Construction Standards.OSHA compliance.
  • Safety in Construction Contracts. Subcontractor Safety.Owners and Construction Safety.
  • Designer and Construction Safety. Safety, Health and Environmental Management System. 
Text/Ref Books
  • British Standards Institutions (2000). Occupational Health and Safety Management system: Guidelines for the Implementation of OHSAS 18001. Publication No. BSI-02-2000, London.
  • Peurifoy, R.L. and Schexnayder, C. J. (2007). Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods. 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
  • Barrie and Paulson. (1992). Professional Construction Management: Including C.M, Design-Construct, and General Contracting. McGraw-Hill.
  • Griffith, A and Watson, P. (2004). Construction Management: Principles and Practices. Palgrave MacMillan, NY.
  • Levy, M. Sidney. (2000). Project Management in Construction. McGraw-Hill.
  • Rowlinson, S. (2003). Hong Kong Construction – Safety Management and the Law. Sweet & Maxwell Asia, Hong Kong.
Time Schedule Summer Semester 2014
Faculty/Resource Person LecShhanilaGul

MSc (Kingston University UK)

Discipline: Construction Management