Foreword |
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About the author |
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Acknowledgements |
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Glossary |
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Part I The challenge of design risk in construction |
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1.1 Why, after more than 25 years? |
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7 | (1) |
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1.5 Integrated risk management |
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1.6 Challenges for the construction industry designer |
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1.11 Grenfell Tower fire (14 June 2017) and its aftermath |
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02 The construction industry |
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2.2 Characteristics of the `construction industry' |
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20 | (1) |
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2.5 Costs of accidents and ill health |
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23 | (1) |
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2.7 The `3Ps' (People, Process and Product) |
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2.8 The Grenfell Tower fire, 2017 |
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2.9 Contract set-up and other barriers |
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03 The legislative background |
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3.2 Safety and health legislation |
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3.3 Origins of application |
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3.4 Principles of prevention |
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42 | (2) |
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3.6 Having regard to others (affected by design decisions) |
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3.7 Available advice to designers |
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3.8 Contract and statute in construction |
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3.10 Tolerability of risk |
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3.11 Other major legislation |
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04 The wider benefits and lessons from elsewhere |
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61 | (1) |
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4.2 Improving the industry |
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62 | (1) |
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4.3 Good safety risk management is good business |
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4.4 Assistance in implementation: dealing with commercial pressures |
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4.5 PI insurance industry experiences |
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4.6 Learning from other industries |
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4.7 Industry and organisational culture |
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Part II Practical guidance on design risk management |
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05 Responsibility and interest in design-related risk |
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5.2 Prime responsibility (the individual designer) |
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81 | (1) |
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5.3 Associated responsibility (design managers) |
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5.4 Interested parties (Principal Designer) |
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86 | (1) |
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5.5 Interested parties (Client) |
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87 | (1) |
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5.6 Interested parties (Contractors) |
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88 | (1) |
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5.7 Professional responsibility for risk |
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88 | (1) |
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6.2 Risk management: a problematic term |
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6.4 Assisted by your line manager |
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96 | (1) |
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6.5 Assisted by the Principal Designer (PD) |
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6.6 Assisted by the Client |
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6.7 Assisted by Contractors |
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6.9 Soft hazards and risk |
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6.11 The Three Principles |
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6.12 `Standard' and `non-standard' work tasks |
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6.13 Grouping of `standard tasks' |
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6.14 Work involving particular tasks |
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6.15 Design practice advice |
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6.16 Concise guidance for designers: Appendix B |
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6.17 Implementing risk management on `non-standard work tasks' |
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6.18 Flowchart of progression |
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6.19 Recording the process |
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6.20 Digitisation of information |
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07 Risk management in action |
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7.1 The `risk assessment' legacy |
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113 | (1) |
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7.2 Sources of general advice |
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7.3 Identification of hazard and risk |
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114 | (2) |
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7.5 Raising standards as we go |
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118 | (1) |
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7.6 The risk management pathway |
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7.7 Defence in depth: Reason's `Swiss cheese model' |
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119 | (4) |
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123 | (2) |
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7.9 Checker/Passer/Peer Assist |
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125 | (2) |
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08 Structural and geotechnical engineering issues |
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131 | (2) |
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8.2 Geotechnical engineering |
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133 | (1) |
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8.4 Do serious failures occur? |
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8.5 Learning from the past |
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136 | (2) |
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8.6 Avoiding another Grenfell - recommendations for existing buildings and infrastructure |
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138 | (2) |
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8.7 Low-probability, high-consequence events |
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8.8 Causes of failure: the `3Ps' |
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141 | (1) |
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8.10 Building Classes: Approved Document A and Eurocode BS EN 1997-1-7 |
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144 | (2) |
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8.11 Key structural engineering hazards |
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146 | (6) |
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8.12 Miscellaneous shortfalls |
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152 | (2) |
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8.14 Analysis by software |
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8.18 Single point of responsibility |
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158 | (1) |
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8.19 Inspections, assessments and maintenance |
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159 | (2) |
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8.20 Constructability and temporary works |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (5) |
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9.3 Permanent Works Designers |
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170 | (2) |
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9.4 Temporary Works Designers |
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172 | (3) |
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9.5 Principal Designer (PD) |
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175 | (1) |
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9.8 Sources of information |
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9.10 Digital collaboration |
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10.4 Post-project reviews |
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10.5 Interfaces and barriers |
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184 | (1) |
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10.8 Communication following an incident |
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185 | (2) |
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189 | (8) |
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11.2 Suggested action points |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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191 | (6) |
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Introduction to the Appendices |
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Appendix A Author's published work used in this text |
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197 | (1) |
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Appendix B Contemporary accepted industry guidance for designers |
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198 | (3) |
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Appendix C1 Basis of design approach |
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201 | (2) |
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Appendix C2 Recording the risk management process |
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203 | (3) |
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Appendix D Other references relating to risk management issues |
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206 | (3) |
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Appendix E `Swiss cheese model': In Plain Sight |
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209 | (4) |
Index |
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