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Construction accident causality: learning from different countries and differing consequences

Alistair GibbSchool of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, LoughboroughLE11 3TU, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Helen LingardSchool of Property Construction & Project Management, RMIT, Melbourne, 3001VIC, Australia
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Michael BehmDepartment of Technology Systems, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC27858-4353, USA
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Tracy CookeSchool of Property Construction & Project Management, RMIT, Melbourne, 3001VIC, Australia
Pages 446-459 | Received 07 May 2013, Accepted 18 Mar 2014, Published online: 20 May 2014

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