Smyth, H;
Roberts, A;
Duryan, M;
Xu, J;
Toli, A;
Rowlinson, S;
Sherratt, F;
(2019)
Health & Safety and Knowledge Management in construction.
In:
Proceedings of the 1st Association of Researchers in Construction Safety, Health, and Well-Being (ARCOSH) Conference 2019.
Association of Researchers in Construction Safety, Health, and Well-being (ARCOSH): Cape Town, South Africa.
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Abstract
Health and safety (H&S) statistics have plateaued in developed countries. H&S is frequently loosely coupled with project management. The challenge is to induce greater commitment to improve the role of contractors and subcontractors as systems integrators and providers respectively. Awareness creation and information sharing about H&S initiatives, near misses and incidents are prioritized at operational meetings at firm and project levels. This is supported by communication tools, including email alerts, Yammer and intranet sites, often grounded in a safety management systems (SMS). These systems are based in information processing. Converting information into applied knowledge requires a knowledge management system (KMS) and literature on KMS shows they are poorly developed in construction. Empirical evidence from main contractors and subcontractors collated in this research shows H&S is focused on information sharing rather than knowledge application. H&S is therefore disconnected from nascent KMS. The challenge from systems integration and solution provision is to align H&S SMS and KMS to reduce H&S incidents by systematically app
Type: | Proceedings paper |
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Title: | Health & Safety and Knowledge Management in construction |
Event: | 1st Association of Researchers in Construction Safety, Health, and Well-Being (ARCOSH) Conference |
Location: | Cape Town |
Dates: | 03 June 2019 - 04 June 2019 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | http://www.achasm.co.za/Publications/News/entryid/... |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Health and Safety (H&S), Information Processing, Knowledge Management Systems (KMS), Safety Management Systems (SMS), Systems Integration. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > UCL School of Management UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett Sch of Const and Proj Mgt |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074639 |
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