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Lingard, H, Cooke, T and Blismas, N (2011) Who is 'the designer' in construction occupational health and safety?. In: Egbu, C and Lou, E C W (Eds.), Proceedings 27th Annual ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September 2011, Bristol, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 299–308.
- Type: Conference Proceedings
- Keywords: construction hazard prevention; design; occupational health and safety; socio-technical system
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9552390-5-2
- URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2011-0299-0308_Lingard_Cooke_Blismas.pdf
- Abstract:
In countries of the European Union, and now in Australia, OHS legislation establishes specific responsibilities for construction design professionals. Accordingly OHS duties are established for The Designer. The ascription of responsibility to the occupant of an abstract socio-technical role is problematic. In reality, construction design is a complex iterative process that is influenced by human and non-human agents extending well beyond the project architect and engineer. This paper analyses definitional problems associated with the term The Designer in the context of modern building design. A socio-technical systems analysis is presented for one case study construction project. This case study is used to illustrate that simplistic ascriptions of OHS responsibility are unhelpful and likely to be counter-productive to advancing the Construction Hazard Prevention through Design concept.