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Safety and Risk Management in Construction - Hazards, Risks, and Mitigation Strategies

   

Added on  2023-06-03

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Safety and risk management
in Construction
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Introduction
Construction companies plays a positive role:
• Helps to steer economic growth
• Generates employment
Major downside is that the profession is associated with
several types of hazards and health safety issues (Finkel,
2015)
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BGC (Buckeridge Group of Companies)
It was set up in the year 1960, has another arm called the BGC
Constructions and it performs construction works all over Australia (BGC
Contracting, 2018).
BGC has built the famous Perth Arena
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Construction industry
The construction industry generally involves the following:
• Construction works which involves the building in only specialized items only like works on the
woods, and electric related works.
• Construction of the real estate properties
• General construction
• Construction of road and bridge (Finkel, 2015).
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