New - July 2008!
Dr Jennifer Campbell recently completed her PhD - "Safety Hazard and Risk Identification and Management in Infrastructure Management" which is a continuation of earlier research into hazard management in the Construction Industry. The work, sponsored by Carillion, developed a tool for the management of hazards within transport construction and maintenance.
More detail can be seen at the website for the project, www.total-safety.com. Jenn's thesis can be downloaded here.
The group has undertaken various projects in
recent years to investigate the way in which we produce our infrastructure
and then manage it once we have it. This has been done at the process
level: how do contractors optimise the construction processes and
do them in a safe manner? How do infrastructure managers identify
which parts of their facilities are not working effectively?
More is found on the following pages. Please
contact Simon Smith you wish to know further details.
lean Applications in construction planning
Including effective resourcing strategies
for concreting operations
Cyclic construction processes
Modelling constructionoperations such as
earthmoving and concreting
Total-Safety
A tool for the development and management
of health and safety method statements
Construction Safety
Management
Managing construction health and safety
risks and hazards
M25
Sphere
Managing Incident Response Units on the
M25 Orbital Motorway
Faststream Project: Stochastic
Modelling of Concrete Operations
 PhD
Student Darren Graham, working on an EPSRC funded studentship in this
group, has been awarded a Lessells Scholarship by the Royal Society
of Edinburgh. Darren will travel to the University of California, Berkeley,
to work with Professor Iris Tommelein on a study of Lean Methods in
Construction Planning.
The aim of this study will be to develop
a computer-based tool which will allow lean methods to be applied
in construction projects. The Project-based
Production Systems Laboratory at Berkeley is world reknowned for
its work in this area and this award is a superb opportunity to develop
our own research in this area.
Darren's work will continue the Optimal
Resource Study undertaken here in Edinburgh.
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