Concrete Construction Safety: Investigating (Western) Australian Formwork Practice

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Concrete Construction Safety: Investigating (Western) Australian Formwork Practice

Preventing accidents from occurring is a primary concern for the Australian construction industry. One area where incidents have occurred, at a more than acceptable rate, is in the use of formwork; recent formwork failures in Australia illustrate these are just as significant as a permanent structur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Whyte, Andrew, Brandis, Paul
Other Authors:	Prof Les Ruddock
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	RICS 2011
Subjects:	construction-safety formwork/scaffolding Western-Australian concrete
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30311

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