Accidents in the construction industry are costly in human and financial terms. The economic cost is not the only basis on which a contractor should consider construction safety. The reasons for considering safety are humanitarian concerns, economic reasons, laws and regulations, and organizational image . Cost of safety is paid by the organization either through the uncontrolled cost of accidents or through the controlled cost of safety program . The uncontrolled cost of accidents includes the loss
a potentially damaging phenomenon occurring within a specified span of time and within a given area is termed as a natural hazard. When the human societies, living things and built environment are troubled by any of the natural hazards, then it is considered as a disaster. Earthquakes are the most horrific natural disaster without leaving much scope for prevention of hazard after the occurrence of the event especially because of its inherent nature to unleash destruction in the large area spontaneously
Historical Aspect The Sydney Opera House which is located in Australia is one of 20th century’s prominent and distinctive engineering masterpiece that was instantly made as Australia’s icon. The construction of this prominent opera house began in the year of 1959 and was successfully completed in 1973. This facility is located in Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbor, situated near Sydney Harbor Bridge. The amazing mind behind this marvelous design was Jorn Utzon, where his design was chosen as the winner
from their establishment, pose problems to management of occupational safety and health risks at workplaces. New safety hazards
The economic and financial effects has an adverse impact on construction sector. The construction sector, one of the engines of economic growth over the past decades, is now facing with serious challenges as companies closures ,increase in unemployement and postponded and even investment cancel. These have changed the clients and construction industry behaviour. Due to increase in competition among different companies of the construction sector increases the pressure to improve the quality, productivity
First, the design team must take a multi-hazard approach towards design that accounts for the potential impacts of seismic forces as well as all the major hazards to which an area is vulnerable. Second, performance-based requirements, which may exceed the minimum life safety requirements of current seismic codes, must be established to respond appropriately to the threats and risks posed by natural hazards on the building's mission and occupants. Third, and as important as
nature of construction projects, risk management is a very important process. Risk associated
defined as the probability and other physical characteristics of floods, has been increasing alarmingly in many parts of the country. As flood risk is essentially a product of flood hazard and vulnerability. So, there is no risk
usually mild steel. The bends can, however be made of a hard, erosion resistant material. Bends can be used as horizontal section or as a vertical section in the loop depending upon the flexibility of installation. The factors involved in the perfect construction of the pneumatic conveying systems can be grouped in to the following
The primary function of the Office of Defense Mobilization was to allow the gathering of materials that critical in the time of war. The emergency management change in the 1960s due to a streak of major natural disasters. The availability of flood protection insurance was no longer for the homeowner. That led to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, that created the National Flood Insurance Program. This has brought the community-based mitigation