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Client Type There are 2 types of clients, public and private ones. Government bodies are public clients. Private clients can be further divided into experienced and inexperienced. Their concern and expectation on site safety performance appear to be different. iv. Organization Structure Fryer (1997) suggests that anization structure, including hierarchy, downsizing and decentralization vs. decentralization, rigidity vs. flexibility, rules and procedure, would affect the result of munications. According to Wong (2021), downsizing became popular since 1990s because this can allow flexibility for people for respond more quickly to change. v. Relationship of Main and SubContractors The poor relationship between contractors is an obstacle to construction safety. However, such situation could be resolved by partnering. Wong (2021) says that partnering is considered by most of the project participants as a worthwhile initiative. vi. Communication Barriers Hicks and Gullett (1983) points out that munication overload and inattention to message can cause ineffective munication. People may receive more information than they can process or they spend time evaluating the sender and the message before the entire message is being passed or read. vii. Content of Information Wong (2021) attributes poor safety performance to the content of information. If content of information, such as method statements, working, drawings or safety procedures, are inaccurate or unclear, safety could not be effectively achieved. viii. Value of Communicators Tam et al (2021) point out that many production personnel rank safety in a lower priorities when pare with meeting the production schedule, quota and cost targets. Besides, Nichols and Stevens (1999) mention the failure of many superiors to listen. As a result, safety issue does not receive enough attention. ix. Provision of Continuous Training Enrichment of safety knowledge is essential. Teo et al (2021) carry out a study to find out the methods in fostering workers’ safe work behaviours. They find that training is an important way to enable workers to work safely, because they are equipped with the knowledge of how to work safely. x. Workers’ Attitude Workers’ incorrect attitude towards site safety is a big difficulty in making safety sites. In Chan et al’s (1999) research, it is found that workers do not think they have the duty to ply with safety regulations for the main contractors. They will be more aware to safety issues after serious accident but they will resume their own way of practice shortly after that. Hinze (2021) and Vredenburgh (2021) state that site safety could only be improved if workers change their behaviours towards site safety. Teo et al (2021) also agree that negligence in safety and lack of awarenessto ensure lingering dangers on site would increase the chances of workers getting injured. 5. Accident Costs and Safety Costs The construction industry in China, especially for building projects, has a very poor safety record. According to Hinze and Raboud (1988), it is a mon perception that “safety” is unproductive and not vital to the success of a project as contractors may not be appreciated by just keeping good safety on sites. However, it should be noted that accidents do not just lead to injury and loss of lives, a huge amount of accident costs is induced as well. Accordingly, safety investment in construction projects could better the safety performance and avoid the huge amount of accident costs. Ridiculously, most contractors are not willing to invest their money, time and effort to operate and to ma