Invitation to special issue of Construction Management and Economics journal!
The Organising Committee is pleased to announce a Special Issue of the A* rated journal Construction Management and Economics on the subject of Occupational Health and Safety in the Construction Industry. Authors of selected conference papers will be invited to submit their papers to the Special Issue. In addition, key international experts will also be invited to submit papers - attendance at the conference is not a condition for papers to be considered.
The Conference Chair will act as Guest Editor of the Special Issue, which will be published in 2011. Construction Management and Economics, was recently recognised by the Australian Business Deans' Council as an A* rated journal, signifying that it is amongst the best in its field.
All invited papers will be subject to the journal's peer review process and publication in the Special Issue will be conditional on the outcome of this process.
Call for Papers: What Happens Next
Completed papers have been
reviewed
and authors are submitting their final revised paper(s). Authors
must submit their revised paper(s) by Wednesday 16 September in order for their paper to be published in the conference proceedings.
Payment of registration is a condition of presenting at the conference. Please register online to obtain the ‘early bird' rate available to speakers. ‘Early bird' registration closes 18 September 2009.
The provisional program in now available, click here to view.
Presenters will be sent presentation guidelines to assist with the preparation of abstracts in future correspondence.
The Conference themes are:
- Ergonomics and human factors
- Talking health and safety - communication and consultation
- Designing for safer construction
- Promoting the health and wellbeing of construction workers
- Client involvement in construction health and safety
- Occupational health and safety regulation
- Managing the occupational health and safety of a diverse workforce
- Occupational health and safety education and training
- Incident analysis and causation
- Health and safety issues in facilities management
- Safety culture, leadership and behaviour
- Risk analysis and control
- Special Workshop on Occupational Health and Safety in Construction Education