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Integrated Mgmt Systems Construction
A practical guide to developing, implementing, and integrating standards-based management systems for quality, environment, and safety within construction organisations.
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What it’s about
Integrated Management Systems for Construction shows how principal contractors and other construction organisations can move beyond siloed, bureaucratic management systems toward a single, coherent, business-focused approach. Grounded in the international standards ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment), and OHSAS 18001 (safety), the book explains each discipline individually and then demonstrates how their common elements can be integrated to reduce duplication, cut costs, sharpen customer focus, and create organisational synergy. Blending research evidence with real construction industry practice, it walks readers through preliminary reviews, policy-making, risk assessment, documentation hierarchies, implementation, auditing, certification, and supply-chain management. The result is an indispensable resource for both students of the built environment and construction professionals who need management systems that genuinely serve the core business rather than merely satisfy external compliance.
The through-line
- Who it’s for
- A construction professional or principal contracting organisation that wants to deliver projects on time, to budget, and to high standards of quality while safeguarding the environment and ensuring health and safety.
- The problem
- The need to satisfy increasingly demanding clients, stringent legislation, and industry regulation across multiple management functions simultaneously, often using duplicative and bureaucratic separate systems. Feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, and burdened by complex, repetitive paperwork and disparate systems that seem inefficient and divisive.
- The plan
- Conduct a preliminary review of business processes and current performance.
- Establish clear policy, objectives, goals, and targets at executive level.
- Configure organisational structure, responsibilities, and resources.
- Develop system documentation (manual, procedures, implementation plan, work instructions).
- Implement the system, assess risk, and control processes.
- The payoff
- Greater organisational efficiency and business effectiveness with reduced duplication and costs. · Improved quality of service, environmental performance, and safety with fewer incidents. · Enhanced reputation, competitive advantage, and access to contracts through certification.
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Additional reading
- Construction Safety Management · Levitt, R.E. and Samelson, N.M.
Cited frequently throughout the book as a foundational text on the principles of managing safety specifically within the construction context, covering topics from management's role to cost implications.
- Construction Safety · Hinze, J.
Referenced in multiple chapters as an authoritative source on accident causation, safety performance measurement, and the specific hazards and controls relevant to the construction industry.
- Managing the Risks of Organisational Accidents · Reason, J.T.
This book is cited for its influential theories on systemic accident causation, human error, and the concept of safety culture, providing a theoretical underpinning for many of the arguments made about moving beyond blaming individuals.
- Rethinking Construction (The Egan Report) · Egan, J.
Frequently mentioned as a key driver for change in the UK construction industry, its recommendations for improving efficiency, integration, and teamwork through concepts like partnering are directly linked to creating a better culture for safety.
- Constructing the Team (The Latham Report) · Latham, M.
Cited as a landmark report that diagnosed the adversarial, conflict-ridden nature of the UK construction industry, providing the context for why new collaborative approaches like partnering are seen as essential for improving all aspects of performance, including safety.
- Application of the New Production Philosophy to Construction · Lauri Koskela (1992)
This is the seminal report that catalyzed the Lean Construction movement. The entire book is framed as a 25-year review and advancement of the ideas first presented in this paper.
- The Toyota Way · Jeffrey K. Liker (2004)
Cited frequently as the source for understanding the 14 principles of the Toyota Production System, which provides the philosophical and practical foundation for Lean thinking.
- Program Policy Manual (PPM) · Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
The book frequently cites the PPM as the definitive source for interpreting how MSHA standards are to be applied in practice, providing crucial context beyond the raw regulations.
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) National Consensus Standards · NFPA
Chapter 12 on Fire Prevention explicitly lists several NFPA standards (e.g., NFPA 10, NFPA 13) as resources for mine operators seeking further information on firefighting equipment and systems.
- Dust Control Handbook for Industrial Minerals Mining and Processing · National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Recommended in Chapter 30 as a must-read resource for M/NM operators seeking to implement engineering controls to comply with the new Part 60 silica standard.