Briefing: The adverse health and safety influence of subcontracting

Manu, Patrick; Ankrah, Nii; Proverbs, David; Suresh, Subashini

Abstract

Subcontracting has been noted to have an adverse influence on health and safety. Through a critique of the health and safety literature the causative factors of this adverse influence are identified, and a subsequent examination of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) also reveals remedies available to mitigate these causative factors. Pointing to the persistence of the adverse influence of subcontracting despite the available remedies, efforts for further enhancing the mitigation provided by CDM 2007 against the adverse influence of subcontracting are presented. It is anticipated that through these efforts health and safety improvement within and beyond the context of the adverse influence of subcontracting will be achieved.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2011
• Journal: Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law
• Print ISSN: 1751-4304
• Electronic ISSN: 1751-4312
• Publisher: Thomas Telford
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 164
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 169-171
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.10.00008
• Keywords: procurement, health and safety
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/973245
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/mpal.10.00008
• Related Public URLs: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/mpal.10.00008