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    Reduce rework, improve safety: an empirical inquiry into the precursors to error in construction

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    Authors
    Love, Peter
    Teo, Pauline
    Ackermann, Fran
    Smith, J.
    Alexander, James
    Palaneeswaran, E.
    Morrison, J.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Love, P. and Teo, P. and Ackermann, F. and Smith, J. and Alexander, J. and Palaneeswaran, E. and Morrison, J. 2018. Reduce rework, improve safety: an empirical inquiry into the precursors to error in construction. Production Planning & Control. 29 (5): pp. 353-366.
    Source Title
    Production Planning & Control
    DOI
    10.1080/09537287.2018.1424961
    ISSN
    0953-7287
    School
    School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME)
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130103018
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65838
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    A positive association between rework and safety events that arise during the construction process has been identified. In-depth semi-structured interviews with operational and project-related employees from an Australian construction organisation were undertaken to determine the precursors to rework and safety events. The analysis enabled the precursors of error to examined under the auspices of: (1) People, (2) Organisation, and (3) Project. It is revealed that the precursors to error for rework and safety incidents were similar. A conceptual framework to simultaneously reduce rework and safety incidents is proposed. It is acknowledged that there is no panacea that can be used to prevent rework from occurring, but from the findings presented indicate that a shift from a position of ‘preventing’ to ‘managing’ errors is required to enable learning to become an embedded feature of an organisation’s culture. As a consequence, this will contribute to productivity and performance improvements being realised.

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