During the design phase, which action is recommended to address potential safety hazards?

During the design phase, which action is recommended to address potential safety hazards?

• A. Availability of Ambulance
• B. CM's assigned safety coordinator
• C. Safety coordinator should meet the design team to determine the scope of the project and understand the potential safety hazards.
• D. Safety staff shall be created within the Construction Management team with experience/knowledge of Statutory and Regulatory Requirements

Answer: (C)

During design, safety planning works best when a safety coordinator actively engages the design team to outline the project’s scope and map out potential hazards. This collaboration brings risk awareness into design decisions, enabling design-for-safety considerations, constructability feedback, and early planning for site access, temporary works, and protection measures. Addressing hazards at this stage helps prevent costly changes later and supports meeting regulatory requirements as the design evolves. Ambulance availability is a safety measure for the construction phase, not a design-phase action. Merely assigning a safety coordinator to the CM team or creating safety staff later—without integrating with the design team—does not proactively identify or mitigate hazards within the design process.

During design, safety planning works best when a safety coordinator actively engages the design team to outline the project’s scope and map out potential hazards. This collaboration brings risk awareness into design decisions, enabling design-for-safety considerations, constructability feedback, and early planning for site access, temporary works, and protection measures. Addressing hazards at this stage helps prevent costly changes later and supports meeting regulatory requirements as the design evolves.

Ambulance availability is a safety measure for the construction phase, not a design-phase action. Merely assigning a safety coordinator to the CM team or creating safety staff later—without integrating with the design team—does not proactively identify or mitigate hazards within the design process.