.... Subcontracting has become a major feature of the construction industry and Silberberg (1991) asserts that subcontractors make up about 90 per cent of workers in the domestic housing segment of the industry. There is mounting evidence that this shift to subcontracting is having negative health and safety...

... only sub‐contractors and it identifies a willingness, beyond what might have been anticipated for this group, to accept some of the costs of waste reduction. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Waste management Waste minimisation Attitudes Subcontracting Construction industry...

... Construction industry Japan Total quality management Subcontracting There is a consensus among observers (e.g. Andrews, 1973; Paulson and Aki, 1980; Bennett et al., 1987; Hasegawa, 1988; Levy, 1990, 1993) that the major Japanese contractors in Japan have led the way in implementing total...