Construction incident causes death of two workers What can we learn about structure design and the safe design process? In October 2016, two workers employed in a $25 million development at Eagle Farm Racetrack in Brisbane, were killed when an 11 tonne concrete panel fell over and crushed them. The large concrete drainage structure, consisting […]
Case Study: Prince Alfred Park Pool, Sydney “The overriding principle was to premiate landscape over built form, based on a conviction that in these inner urban areas, green space is sacred.” Source: 2014 Sydney Design Awards submission. Based on this concept, a main feature of the design of the Prince Alfred Park Pool complex in […]
Case Study: AIR Apartments, Sydney This Case Study for AIR Apartments, Sydney shows the importance that a Safe Design Workshop and consultation early in the design development phase can contribute to positive design outcomes and deliverables for a large scale design and construction project. Located in St Leonard’s CBD in Sydney, the AIR Apartments construction […]
What is Safe Design? ‘Safe Design‘ is the process of integrating key construction and mitigation factors into the early stages of the design process of a structure. It can also be known as ‘Safety in Design’. Safe Design is the integration of hazard identification, risk assessment, and control methods early in the design process of […]
When we see incidents like this one in QLD which resulted in two workers being crushed to death, and it makes you wonder, how in this day and age, does this happen? We can not help thinking about all the possible design solutions that could have been adopted to prevent the two workers being exposed to […]
For Designers, a key element of ensuring you discharge your WHS obligations as beautifully as you pulled that building/ widget/ process/ walkway or public space together, is implementing a Safety in Design process that works for you. Though some tend to think of WHS and design as a sometimes difficult marriage between your ideas […]
