Here is a two-page overview of the DfCS/PtD concept.

For a PowerPoint file focusing on the prevention of fall fatalities and injuries in the construction industry, click here.

Check out a new introductory video (and other helpful resources) from Australia at http://www.fsc.gov.au/ofsc/News/News.htm

For a powerpoint of the DfCS presentation made at the Construction Safety Conference in Chicago on February 12, 2008, click here. (Note: This file is over 5 Mb.)

For a powerpoint of the DfCS presentation made at the CIB W99 Conference in Orlando, FL on March 11, 2008, click here.

For a powerpoint file that provides a quick overview of DfCS and a summary of this website, click here or in the Powerpoint File tab on the left. This file was presented at the On-site Consultation Training Conference 2007 held in Newport, RI April 10-12, 2007. This file is similar to a presentation made on February 14, 2007 at the 17th Annual Construction Safety Conference in Rosemont, IL.

For a powerpoint file intended to be used in a 2-4 course on DfCS intended for design engineers, click here. (Note: This file is nearly 5 Mb.)

The thirteenth meeting of the OSHA Alliance Program Construction Roundtable Design for Construction Safety workgroup was held at the OSHA/DOL building in Washington, DC on April 22, 2008. As was true for the meeting on January 30, this meeting was a joint meeting with the Fall Protection Workgroup.

Designing for construction safety was identified at the NIOSH NORA Construction Sector Council meeting in September 2007 as one of NIOSH's top ten research priorities for the construction sector. Dr. TJ Lenz is the NIOSH Co-Chair of the Council Design for Safety and Prevention workgroup. He can be reached at tbl7@cdc.gov.

Copies of an excellent reference on DfCS are now available at a very reasonable price. Please contact Marc Weinstein at weinstei@fiu.edu to order your copy of: Hecker, S., Gambatese, J., and Weinstein, M., Editors (2004). Designing for Safety and Health in Construction, Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Press. Proceedings of the Designing for Safety and Health in Construction Research and Practice Symposium, sponsored by: University of Oregon; Center to Protect Workers' Rights; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Oregon State University; and Industrial Design and Construction, Portland, OR, Sept. 15-16, 2003.