A new study on how to build health and safety into construction management is about to start, but researchers need your help.
Iain Cameron, a member of the CIOB’s health, safety and welfare committee, has been awarded £96,000 by the Health and Safety Executive to lead the project at Glasgow Caledonian University.

His team will investigate how to properly integrate health and safety planning, to stop it being a bolt-on extra to the overall planning process.

“Those who manage safety best don’t necessarily care more about health and safety, they’re just better managers,” Cameron said. “It’s as simple as that.”

Cameron’s team needs help finding best-practice ideas. It could be establishing milestones on the programme, or drawing up responsibility charts. The team wants to know your ideas.

The final result will be a best-practice guide. A set of “Key Integrated Safety Management Procedures” and “Key Safety Performance Indicators” will also be developed.

A group of interested parties is urgently required to steer the research, as well. Representatives from industry are also needed to collaborate on the various aspects of the research including providing advice on best practice, facilitating interviews and allowing access to live projects to observe real-life practices.

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Construction Manager

Postscript

Email: I.Cameron@gcal.ac.uk or B.Hare@gcal.ac.uk.