Critical Factors of Promoting Design for Safety in China’s Subway Engineering Industry

Yibo Yue, Xiaer Xiahou and Qiming Li
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Yibo Yue: School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Xiaer Xiahou: School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Qiming Li: School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 10, 1-18

Abstract: DfS (design for safety) can significantly reduce the engineering safety risk, decreasing the economic and social losses caused by safety accidents. To introduce DfS in China’s subway engineering, and with the help of a literature review and semi-structured expert interview, this study sorted out 28 promoting factors (including policy environment, practice, guidelines and tools, and education four categories) and seven impediment factors to DfS implementation. Through 80 questionnaire surveys of staff from universities, research institutes, and subway development, design, construction, and operation companies, this study screened out 26 promoting factors and seven impediment factors to assess the relationship between the two types of factors. The research provides a reference for DfS implementation in countries that have not implemented DfS before, such as China.

Keywords: design for safety; success factors; subway engineering; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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