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During the process of construction, accidents may happen in different ways. In this paper, we firstly review the literature related to the asymmetric information on construction site. Next, the author will report some interviews and questionnaires used to study the causes of construction accidents that happen in different types of buildings (such as building sites, bridges and tunnels). The author will draw a conclusion at the end of the paper to summarize the causes of construction accidents in different kinds of buildings.
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This paper is supported by the University Grant Committee, Faculty Development Scheme, Construction safety index for skyscrapers in Hong Kong: A Multi-criteria decision-making approach (Project Reference No.: UGC/FDS15/E01/15).
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Li, R.Y.M., Ho, D.C.W., Tang, B. (2018). Factors Which Affect Construction Safety in Different Types of Construction Work. In: Arezes, P. (eds) Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 604. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60525-8_8
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