Building Safety Supervision and Management: Practices and Progress at Home and Abroad

Author: ZHU Dongping / HUANG Jixin / ZHANG Jian (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is part of the "Tsinghua University Construction Management Series." Through methods such as literature reviews, expert interviews, and field research, it summarizes and synthesizes the current status of construction safety supervision and management in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and mainland China. First, it conducts a comparative study and historical analysis of the current construction safety supervision and management models in the United States and the United Kingdom, discussing the similarities and differences between the two countries in addressing construction safety issues and the reasons behind these differences. Subsequently, it focuses on summarizing and discussing the construction safety supervision and management model and historical development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Finally, it analyzes the main problems in the construction safety supervision and management of mainland China from three aspects: the background of construction safety management, the construction market environment, and the construction safety management model. Using a deductive analysis method, it explores the ideal goals, strategies, and means of construction safety management, and proposes a targeted construction safety management model. This book can serve as a reference for officials engaged in construction safety supervision and management at all levels of government and leaders of construction enterprises, as well as a textbook or teaching material for postgraduate and undergraduate students in relevant fields.