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MAIN INSTRUCTORS:
John Gambatese, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
Wayne Crew, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

GUEST SPEAKERS:
Deborah Grubbe, P.E.
Jim Porter

Participants will have access to the virtual workshop video archives and materials for 60 days from the start day of the workshop.

Virtual Workshop Brief

This workshop is intended to provide guidance on construction site safety to those involved in the planning, design, management, and construction of civil engineering projects. The workshop focuses on: (1) the foundational aspects of safety management that need to be understood in order to effectively lead and manage safety on projects and within an organization, and (2) planning for safety through owner and designer involvement prior to construction. The workshop helps establish a proactive mindset for how to think about and approach safety. It focuses on the nature of safety in construction (i.e., how well the industry is doing with respect to safety and what areas need additional attention); safety theories and why accidents occur; leading and lagging indicators; and motivations for improving safety. The workshop also presents guidance for owners and design professionals as they use their roles during project planning and design to enhance safety during construction. The concept of designing for safety, along with its benefits, limitations, and impacts will be discussed. Examples of designs intended to improve worker safety, as well as processes and resources that have been developed to facilitate designing for safety will be presented. The workshop is intended for anyone who will be addressing safety on projects, whether during planning, design, or construction. Those who join in the workshop will gain fundamental knowledge about why accidents occur and what needs special focus in order to improve safety on projects. Constructors will also benefit from the workshop by gaining insight on how they can support design reviews to improve safety through designs.

Primary Discussion Topics

• Current safety performance in the construction industry
• Aspects of jobsite safety that require further attention
• Fundamental safety concepts and principles
• Theories of accident causation
• Motivations for improving safety (ethics, project performance, company reputation, etc.)
• Owner involvement: setting the stage at the project start and continually throughout the project
• Designer (architect and engineer) addressing safety in the design
• Safety constructability and examples of safe designs
• Processes for addressing safety during design
• Leading indicators of safety performance on construction projects
• Lagging indicators of safety performance on construction projects

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the current level of safety performance in the industry, and aspects of safety that need further attention
2. Describe fundamental safety concepts and principles, and theories of accident causation, applicable to the construction industry
3. Explain motivations for greater focus on, and improvement of, jobsite safety
4. Explain the importance of owner involvement in safety and how owners can be involved in project safety
5. Describe the prevention through design (PtD) concept as it applies to the construction industry, along with benefits, limitations, and practical examples and processes
6. Describe leading and lagging indicators that are effective for monitoring and measuring safety performance on a project
7. Determine which and how many leading indicators should be used to measure safety performance

Benefits for Participants

• Find out what aspects of projects and safety management require special attention in order to improve safety
• Learn how the construction industry compares to other industries in terms of safety
• Understand why accidents commonly occur
• Learn a new way to think about and address safety on projects
• Gain an understanding of reasons to be motivated to improve safety on projects
• Learn how owners must actively participate in a project to enhance safety
• Learn about ways to eliminate hazards from project designs
• Understand why designing for safety is an important and effective component of a safety program
• Gain an understanding of ways in which the project team can work together during planning and design to improve safety before construction begins
• Gain an understanding of the difference between leading and lagging indicators
• Learn about commonly-used leading indicators and lagging indicators
• Gain familiarity with a process for identifying leading indicators to incorporate in a safety management program

Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Achievement of the learning objectives will be assessed through a series of in class problem-solving exercises, class discussion, case studies and a short post-test.

Who Should Attend

• Construction Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Upper management personnel
• Construction safety staff
• Architects and Design Engineers
• Owners and Owner representatives on capital projects

How to Earn your CEUs/PDHs

This virtual workshop is worth .4 CEUs/4 PDHs. In order to receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete a short on-line post-test within 60 days of the virtual workshop.

Outline

The workshop format will be two hours per day for two days. The proposed outline for the workshop is as follows:

Day 1: Monday, April 19, 2021 ¦ 11:30 am to 1:30 pm ET

1. Introduction: The Nature of Safety in Construction
1. Safety performance in the construction industry
2. Areas of needed focus to improve safety and attain zero injuries on projects wrong in the past
2. Fundamental Theories of Accident Causation
1. Accident theories and models
3. Motivations for Improving Safety
1. Getting to zero injuries
2. Ethics
3. Cost and safety; return on investment
4. Safety Concepts and Principles
1. Hierarchy of Controls
2. Hazard identification and risk assessment
3. Risk and reward

Day 2: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 ¦ 11:30 am to 1:30 pm ET

1. Owner Involvement in Safety
1. Supporting evidence of the benefits of owner involvement in safety
2. Examples of how owners must effectively participate in projects to enhance safety
2. The Prevention through Design (PtD) Concept
1. What PtD is and What PtD is not
2. Merits and inhibitors of PtD
3. Putting PtD into Practice
1. Examples of designs that enhance safety
2. Processes for identifying and eliminating hazards during planning and design
4. Leading and Lagging Indicators
1. Leading indicator definition, examples, and importance
2. Lagging indicator definition, examples, benefits, and drawbacks