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Area of Science:

  • Construction Safety Engineering
  • Risk Management in Design
  • Occupational Health and Safety

Background:

  • Construction site safety is influenced by pre-work decisions.
  • Designers often lack expertise in construction safety and processes for effective hazard prevention.
  • Construction Hazards Prevention through Design (CHPtD) is crucial but challenging for architects and engineers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a quantitative methodology for evaluating the safety performance of construction designs.
  • To support designers in assessing and mitigating construction safety risks.
  • To enable informed decisions regarding safety during the design phase.

Main Methods:

  • A risk analysis-based quantitative methodology is presented.
  • The approach evaluates and compares the overall safety risk levels of different construction designs.
  • It ranks the significance of various safety risks within each design and compares their absolute importance across designs.

Main Results:

  • The methodology identifies and highlights relevant safety risks prior to the construction phase.
  • Significant risks are proactively identified, allowing for timely implementation of mitigation measures.
  • The approach facilitates the comparison of safety risks associated with different construction techniques and systems.

Conclusions:

  • The methodology empowers designers to assess safety risks without compromising creative freedom.
  • It enables comparison of construction techniques and systems based on their safety risk levels.
  • Adoption of this methodology can lead to improved on-site safety performance for construction companies.