Decision Making in Commercial Construction

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• Personal Author:
  Goldberg A ; Young-Corbett D
• Description:
  As part of an ongoing project to develop interventions to improve the rates of adoption of lower-risk materials and equipment in commercial construction, an investigation to elucidate the process of materials-specification decision-making was undertaken. Interviews at three sites revealed the following. Architects/designers typically base material selection upon aesthetic, quality, or green performance criteria. Management firms typically hire subcontractors to perform the construction operations and materials specification occasionally occurs at these levels due to quality or usability concerns over the design-specified supplies. Management firms may specify the need for hazard mitigating equipment but may not mandate a specific form. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Construction Materials Decision Making Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Construction Construction Industry Construction Materials Decision Making Hazard Controls Occupational Health Organizational Culture Safety Culture Work Organization
• ISBN:
  9788793130135
• Publisher:
  IEA Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054041
• Citation:
  Proceedings of Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management XI and Nordic Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 46, August 17-20, 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark. Broberg O, Fallentin N, Hasle P, Jensen PL, Kabel A, Larsen ME, and Weller T eds. Santa Monica, CA: IEA Press, 2014 Aug; :907-910
• Editor(s):
  Broberg O; Fallentin N; Hasle P; Jensen PL; Kabel A; Larsen ME; Weller T
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010701
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management XI and Nordic Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 46, August 17-20, 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:098e68388fd8fba8cb74e4a96e61382b31bc81dde1dc06ee91b72499ae4918c6bcc9a8ab0dce4c80cc22e228dc32815a5ecd9e3ebf3eace7490b9af735831fd1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216689/cdc_216689_DS1.pdf
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