The new book of Ir Prof.Albert Chan and Dr Carol Hon, ‘Safety of Repair, Maintenance, Minor Alteration and Addition(RMAA) Works’ will be ready for the public soon.
Safety of RMAA works is internationally of great importance to the construction industry, in particular, small contractors who highly rely on RMAA works in economic recessions and encounter a number of risks. The book provides practical suggestions for taking on safety challenges of this specific area in the construction industry.
With international research and consultancy projects as well as case studies,Albert and Carol bring us a picture of safety in the construction industries of developed countries and a comprehensive summary of relevant rules, regulations and the resulting safety performances. Besides,the comparison of the systems in the U.K., US and Hong Kong on the book enables us to understand the influences of different regulatory approaches.When it comes to RMAA works’ specific problems and practical engineering and management solutions, the book also has elaborations through case studies.
This book is specially recommended to post graduate students of health and safety in construction, construction project management,construction in developing countries, policy-makers and construction project managers.