Resources:

Powerpoints:

• 2-4 Hour DfCS Presentation [PPSX format} [PDF format]
• 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. (spanish version) [PPSX format] [PDF format]
• 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.
• Steel Educational Module developed by Bucknell University for NIOSH (10 meg file)
• Owner's Role in Facilitating Prevention through Design, presented at the 2011 NIOSH PtD Symposium, Washington, DC, August 23.

Design Tools

1600+ PtD list compiled by Alan Speegle (The Southern Company). Note: This spreadsheet is most helpful for process (i.e., industrial) construction. The attached file was posted 12/14/11. Please discard the previous version posted.

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. & Culvenor, J. (2011). "Safe Design in Construction: Perceptions of Engineers in Western Australia", J Health& Safety Research & Practice, 3(1), 9-32
• 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 (slightly out of date)

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