Opening the Skilled Construction Trades to Blacks: A Study of the Washington and Indianapolis Plans for Minority Employment.

ILR Review ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 304
Author(s):  
Vernon M. Briggs ◽  
Richard L. Rowan ◽  
Lester Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Construction Trades ◽  
Minority Employment

A Survey on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Construction Trades

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Izzat Al Ridhwan Ahmad Nazri ◽  
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Nor Haslinda Abas ◽  
Haryanti Mohd Affandi ◽  
Rafikullah Deraman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Construction Trades

Physiological cost of concrete construction activities

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wonil Lee ◽  
Giovanni Ciro Migliaccio
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Time Effect ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Concrete Construction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Physiological Cost ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
Construction Trades

Purpose The purpose of this paper was to investigate the physiological cost of concrete construction activities. Design/methodology/approach Five concrete construction workers were recruited. The workers’ three-week heart rate (HR) data were collected in summer and autumn. In this paper, several HR indexes were used to investigate the physiological cost of work in concrete construction trades, including average working HR, relative HR and ratio of working HR to resting HR. Findings This paper measures how absolute and relative HRs vary throughout a workday and how working HR compares to resting HR for individual workers. Research limitations/implications Field observations are usually extremely difficult as researchers need to overcome a number of barriers, including employers’ resistance to perceived additional liabilities, employees’ fear that their level of activity will be reported to managers and many other practical and technical difficulties. As these challenges increase exponentially with the number of employers, subjects and sites, this study was limited to a small number of subjects all working for the same employer on the same jobsite. Still, challenges are often unpredictable and lessons learned from this study are expected to guide both our and other researchers’ continuation of this work. Originality/value The time effect on the physiological cost of work has not been considered in previous studies. Thus, this study is noteworthy owing to the depth of the data collected rather than the breadth of the data.

An analysis of apprentices in the US construction trades

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 401-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey G. Woods
Keyword(s):  
The Us ◽  
Construction Trades
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