Occupation safety and health in local and international standard forms of construction contract
The Malaysia government and other authoritative bodies or institutions have put in substantial amount of effort in the implementation of Occupational Safety and Health (hereafter, OSH) in the local construction industry so as to minimize the rate of accidents as well as enhancing a safe and healt...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | English English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4551/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4551/1/OCCUPATION%20SAFETY%20AND%20HEALTH%20IN%20LOCAL%20AND%20INTERNATIONAL%20STANDARD%20FORMS%20OF%20CONSTRUCTION%2824pgs%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4551/8/Goh%20Poi%20Hung.pdf |
| Summary: | The Malaysia government and other authoritative bodies or institutions have put in
substantial amount of effort in the implementation of Occupational Safety and Health
(hereafter, OSH) in the local construction industry so as to minimize the rate of
accidents as well as enhancing a safe and healthy working environment to the
workers and the public. However, the effectiveness of such efforts is yet to be
confirmed. The aim of this research is to study the construction contract clauses in
relation to the current OSH practice in the local and international Standard Forms of
Construction Contracts, namely the PWD Form 203A (Rev.2007), PAM Contract
2006 (With Quantities), CIDB 2000 and AS (2124 – 1992). The clauses are classified
into four (4) main aspects that are the indemnity provision, insurance provision,
workmen provision and lastly safety provision. Comparisons are made for these four
(4) aspects in detail as well as their comprehensiveness, completeness, procedures,
and equal provision. Interviews are also conducted to obtain opinions from the local
construction participants to learn their perceptions of the OSH practice and Standard
Forms of Construction Contracts. Through this research, it is hoped that a clearer
picture of what the real construction workplace needs or lack of can be obtained; and
to acknowledge to what extent our contract forms had catered for OSH; and to
further find ways to use construction contract forms as a mean to improve the
insufficiency of OSH practice in our local construction industry. |
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