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Front. Eng    2015, Vol. 2 Issue (3) : 224-227    https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FEM-2015044
ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT TREATISES
The Research Review of the Impact of Design to Construction Safety
Lin Yang1,*(),Qi-ming Li2
1. School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
2. School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210018, China
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Abstract

The constructability of design impacts the project construction process. Early researches categorized the constructability problems into two types, the construction-technique-associated and the project-target-associated. And furthermore, this paper proposes a new kind of constructability problem which associated with construction safety. Finally, it makes suggestions for research of the safety associated constructability.
Keywords constructability      construction safety      prevention thought design     
Corresponding Author(s): Lin Yang   
Online First Date: 29 January 2016    Issue Date: 21 March 2016
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Lin Yang,Qi-ming Li. The Research Review of the Impact of Design to Construction Safety[J]. Front. Eng, 2015, 2(3): 224-227.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fem/EN/10.15302/J-FEM-2015044
https://academic.hep.com.cn/fem/EN/Y2015/V2/I3/224
Category Description Example
The first category In a design, there are some things that may impact the construction operations. In other words, the design is too difficult to accomplish Too many types of rebar and cement.Bars were too dense to pour concrete.The section size of beams and columns
The second category In a design, there are some things that may impact the target of a construction project such as schedule or cost During design for fabricated structure, the column grid is too dense to precast elements between the columns
Tab.1  Constructability Problems in Design
Category Description Example
The third category In a design, there are some things that may lead to construction worker injuries. Too much equipment stored on a high-rise building’s roof while a worker is working may cause injury or death
Tab.2  Constructability Problems in Design about Safety
Fig.1  The equipments on the roof.
Fig.2  The safety rope anchors on the roof.
Classification Destination Methodology
Manual check (Gambatese, Hinze, & Haas, 1997; Kim, Son, Lee, & Park, 2006; Zou, Redman, & Windon, 2008) Risk identification Checking list
Analysis by mathematical model (Seo & Choi, 2008; Cooke, Lingard, Blismas, & Stranieri, 2008; Duffy, 2004) Risk assessment Assessment form
Discovery by computer (Reser, 2012) Design optimization Computer tool for design review
Tab.3  The Sum of PtD Methods
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