- Author
- Hinze, J. | Talley, D. M.
- Title
- Subcontractor Safety as Influenced by General Contractors on Large Projects.
- Coporate
- Washington Univ., Seattle
- Report
- Source Document 39; Safety Task Force 85-13, October 1988, 187 p.
- Keywords
- construction | safety | methodology | questionnaires
- Identifiers
- construction contracting methods; hypotheses; general contractor results
- Abstract
- This source document describes the results of the research conducted todetermine the influence that general contractors have on the safety performances of subcontractors on large projects. A parallel study was conducted which was focused on small to medium sized projects as described in the companion source document. The study of subcontractor safety on large construction projects revealed that the general contractors do indeed have a significant influence on the safety performances of their subcontractors. It is noteworthy that both studies showed that general contractors play a key role in the safety performances of their subcontractors. However, the research shows that the mechanisms of influencing subcontractor safety are different on large projects than on the small to medium sized projects. Chapter 1 of this documents provides a general bakcground of safety research in the construction industry and why this type of research is difficult to conduct. Chapter 2 presents an extensive review of the construction safety literature. Chapter 3 describes the contractual relationships that exist on most projects. Chapter 4 presents the hypotheses that were used to formulate this research study. Chapter 5 describes the research methodology for this study. Chapter 6 presents findings of how general contractor practices influence their own safety performances at the project level. Chapter 7 presents the primary findings of the research effort.