Safety in a Designer's Hands

Authors

John A. Gambatese, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2000

Publication Title

Civil Engineering

Volume

70

Issue

6

First page number:

56

Last page number:

59

Abstract

Although contractors face safety issues every day, engineers and architects have traditionally not addressed construction site safety in project designs. But there are design practices that can improve safety, including producing a schedule that minimizes the need for nighttime and overtime work, setting up sites so that construction in different areas can proceed simultaneously, locating underground utilities and other features to be avoided before construction starts, and orienting the project or grading the site to minimize the amount of work done on steep slopes, among many other practices.

Keywords

Contractors; Overtime; Safety

Disciplines

Civil and Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering

Language

English

Permissions

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Repository Citation

Gambatese, J. A. (2000). Safety in a Designer's Hands. Civil Engineering, 70(6), 56-59.