Design for Safety (DfS) is one of a few remaining means that can minimise and mitigate safety and health risks of buildings and structures. Design phase is the earliest opportunity to incorporate safety into a project. This concept should be carried through to the pre-tender, tender, construction, maintenance and demolition phase. Just as productivity can be increased with early planning and assimilation throughout the process.

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Construction Safety Seminar:
Design for Safety
Goh Chye Guan
Managing Director
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Case Study: Design for Safety
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Scope
1. Introduction
2. Case Study 1: Design of AutoGate
3. Case Study 2: Design of Building
4. Reflection

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1st SCAL – MOM CDM Study Mission, May 1998
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1. First launched in 2008
2. Revised in 2011
DfS Guidelines

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The GUIDE Process
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Case 1: Autogate Design
Reflection: we might not be architect or
gate designer, but there’s always lessons to
be learnt
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1. 2006, a 9 years old boy, Jason Keet, died
when he was crushed after slipping his
head and upper body between brick
pillar and steel gate to press an entry /
exit button on the back of a pillar
2.A similar accident was reported in
Cyprus

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3.28 Jun 2010, 6 year old Semelia Campbell
was crushed to death by sliding electric
gates at an estate in Manchester.

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4. 3 July 2010, 5 year old Karolina Golabek was
crushed to death by sliding electric gates
at a block of flats car park in Wales
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Case 2: SARS and Building Design
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Towards the end of March 2003, an
outbreak of SARS occurred among
residents of Amoy Gardens. As of April 15,
2003, there were a total of 321 cases of
SARS in the estate. A concentration of
cases was recorded in block E, accounting
for 41% of the cumulative total. Block C
(15%), block B (13%) and block D (13%)
recorded the second, third and fourth
highest incidence of SARS infections.

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“On the occasion of every
accident that befalls you,
remember to turn to yourself and
inquire what power you have to
turn it to use.”
- Epictetus, 60 - 120 A.D.
Why Accident Case Study?
Opportunities to learn is all around us:

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Objects can drop off the
parapet wall hitting
vehicles entering or exiting
from the building.
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