Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@conference {2250, title = {Safety management of cranes on construction sites in Portugal: Critical factors of safety }, journal = {SHO2015 {\textendash} International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene}, year = {2015}, note = {Sousa, F; Couto, J; Rabbani, E; Barros, F, Safety management of cranes on construction sites in Portugal: Critical factors of safety, SHO2015: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HYGIENE, FEB 12-13, 2015, ISBN:978-989-98203-3-3
}, month = {2015-02-12 00:00:00}, pages = {379-381}, publisher = {PORTUGUESE SOC OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY \& HYGIENE}, address = {Guimar{\~a}es, Portugal}, abstract = {The evolution of the construction caused a need to use more effective equipments, capable of meeting the increasingly demanding deadlines for the completion of works. In this context, the safety and efficiency of equipment have become key aspects in order to optimize the execution time of the works, as well as reducing labor costs and loss of materials. With the evolution of construction and construction processes, cranes have come to represent a signal of the construction of buildings, revealing to be, in most of the cases, the main equipment of construction sites. Currently, some engineers revels some apprehension regarding the use and handling of cranes which is natural and acceptable, since an equipment failure can lead to serious or fatal accidents. The factors affecting safety management of the cranes in construction sites were investigated, identified, classified and evaluated according to their degree of importance, through interviews with representatives of the general contractors of a set of selected construction sites.
}, keywords = {construction sites, crane safety, critical factors, management of crane}, isbn = {978-989-98203-3-3}, author = {Sousa, F. and Couto, J. P. and Rabbani, E. and Barros, F.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt