Back to articles Forecasting Project Duration in the Face of Disruptive Events: A Resource-Based Approach Lan Tianxiang, Goh Yang Miang Dec 2022 On 1 Dec 2022, SaRRU hosted a lecture by an invited speaker, Dr. Ashkan Zarghami from the Australian National University. Dr. Ashkan Zarghami is a Senior Lecturer of Project Management. His research focuses […]
Back to articles Safety Talk 2022 by A/P Emily Huang: Safety Climate as a Leading Indicator of Workplace Safety Michelle Lim, Goh Yang Miang Jun 2022 On 9 June 2022, SaRRU hosted a lecture by an invited speaker, Assoc. Prof. Emily Huang from the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences. Assoc. Prof. Huang received her
Last year November, our team participated in the World Engineering Summit 2021. You can download our presentation slides below.
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Research by the NUS Safety and Resilience Research Unit (SaRRU) shows that many designers and industry practitioners do not know how to apply design for safety (DfS) concepts to improve construction safety and health. There is confusion between DfS review and risk assessments by contractors. One possible solution is to provide guidelines and examples to plug the current competency gap.
Back to articles Featured Interview: Builders in S’pore hoping for more govt help amid foreign worker crunch after new entry ban Goh Yang Miang 3rd May 2021 Associate Professor Goh Yang Miang of the National University of Singapore’s Department of Building said these stopgap measures were necessary in the short run. He said that the
In Singapore, the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council seeks to bring together designers, contractors, and clients to enhance workplace safety and health. Since August 2016, the WSH (Design for Safety) Regulations require designers to consider safety of workers be incorporated as a part of their designs (MOM, 2016). However, past research had shown that designers generally are not inclined to address construction worker safety in their design decisions (Gambatese, Hinze and Haas, 1997), even though in a construction project, workplace safety performance are influenced by the designers’ decisions (Hinze and Wiegand, 1992).
The Workplace Safety and Health Design for Safety (DfS) regulations, which came into effect in August 2016, placed duties on developers and designers to identify and address foreseeable risks throughout the lifecycle of a construction project. Through a series of interviews with industry practitioners, some challenges faced during the DfS review process were identified.
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Incident investigation is a critical element of any WSH management system. It is important for the investigation to be rigorous and comprehensive to ensure that the organisation can effectively learn from the incident. The areas for improvement identified in this case study can also be observed in many other companies and are not unique to the company involved.
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Falls from heights have been an ongoing concern in the construction industry for many years. As the industry gets increasingly competitive, it is imperative that construction companies do more to address workplace safety and health (WSH).
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With the perennial workplace safety and health (WSH) problems in the construction industry, it is important to ensure the effectiveness of WSH education, including preparing industry-ready graduates for a safer and healthier work environment. Current research on construction safety education shows that there is a lack of opportunities for university or college students enrolled in construction-related courses to be exposed to real world WSH knowledge and experiences.
