The Importance of Design in the Prevention of Accidents in Construction

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Alfredo Soeiro (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: The Pre-Fabrication of Building Facades

1º Edition

ISBN: 978-3-319-22694-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-22695-8

Publisher: Springer Publishing

Indexing

COMPENDEX

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences

FOS: Engineering and technology

Other information

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22695-8_4

Abstract (EN): The current legislation has a character that is essentially descriptive. The development of the role of safety¿s coordination in the design phase and in the execution phase was created by national laws in each country of the European Union as a consequence of the European directive no. 97 of 1992. The legislation¿s purpose is to improve the safety and the patterns of health in construction sites. These rules impose a concept of safety and health, based on a linkage of responsibilities that includes owners. These responsibilities in conception, administration and verification of prevention measures devolve onto all who are involved in construction. Owners need to start the prevention procedures in all phases, including the design phase. Safety¿s coordinators are the nuclei of the articulation of these measures even in the design phase.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific