Resources:

Powerpoints:

• 2-4 Hour DfCS Presentation
• Safe Design and Communication an excellent presentation file created by Scott Brownrigg, a leading architectural firm headquartered in the UK
• Designing for Construction Safety and Health: From Research to Practice plenary presentation at the 2009 CIB W099 conference
• Industry’s Perspective of Design for Safety Regulations presented at the 2009 CIB W099 conference
• Safety by Design presented at the 2009 North American Steel Construction Conference
• Prevention of Fall Fatalities and Injuries in Construction developed by the Construction Roundtable on September 22, 2008. (click here for spanish version)
• DfCS presentation made at the Construction Safety Conference in Chicago on February 12, 2008
• DfCS presentation made at the CIB W99 Conference in Orlando, FL on March 11, 2008
• Overview of DfCS & Summary of this website 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.

Construction Workplace Design Solutions

developed by the OSHA Alliance Program’s Construction Roundtable
Falls From Roof Edge
Falls From Floor Openings
Falls From Non-Moving Vehicles
Roof Hatch Access and Hole Protection
Specify Non-Fragile Skylights and/or Skylight Guards
Specify Sufficient Wall Height to Allow Parapets to Function as Fall Prevention

Online Articles and other Documents:

• Two-page overview of the DfCS/PtD concept.
• PtD articles from the special edition of the Journal of Safety Research, April 2008
• Behm, M., T. Kramer and K. Messer (2008). “Enhancing Safety Before Breaking Ground.” Occupational Safety and Health, March.
• Singapore's DfS guidelines (2009).
• Western Australia's Safe Design Code of Practice (2008)
• Langan, Edel (2009). "Construction: Blueprint for action".
• Furst, Peter (2009). "Construction Injury Prevention through Design."
• Gambatese, John (2005). "Improving Construction Safety through a Project's Design: The Impact of Design on Safety"
• Gambatese, John (2005). "Improving Construction Safety Through a Project’s Design: Implementing the Concept in Practice"
• Toole, T. M. (2005). "A new era for engineers and construction safety."

Bibliography

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