Edel Langan compares and contrasts the concept of safety in construction design from an international perspective, looking at the frameworks under which construction professionals in the UK, US, Australia and Ireland operate, and suggesting how the territories could learn from each other.
Safety in building design is concerned with eliminating or controlling health and safety risks as early as possible in the lifecycle of the construction project. There is much evidence of the degree of influence that designers can have on construction safety. However, that influence diminishes as the building schedule moves towards start-up, with the ideal period being during the concept and design phase.

The construction sector accounted for nearly a third of deaths at work in 2008/2009, latest statistics released by the Health and Safety Executive today reveal.
In total there were 180 workers fatally injured in the 12 months ending March 2009 - equivalent to a rate of 0.6 fatalities per 100 000 workers - and of those, 53 occurred in the construction sector.

Occupational Health and Safety Administration alerts Virginia construction accident lawyers- A construction accident killed a worker when a railroad tunnel collapsed.