August 22, 2017

Although the intent of workplace health and safety regulations are clear, the discharge of safety-in-design responsibilities is a complex area that is not widely understood across the Australian HVAC&R industry.

In the August edition of the AIRAH Ecolibrium magazine Sean McGowan takes a closer look at the main issues confronting our industry with a number of experts including Warwick Stannus, Manager – A.G. Coombs Group Engineering.

“My plain-English definition is that a designer of a workplace must assure, so far as is reasonably practical, that it will be without risks to the health and safety of future users of the workplace” says Stannus.

He goes onto add that the safety-in-design process begins in pre-design and carries through to final handover. “It applies the principles of risk management to the design process to assure, as far as reasonably practical, that the building can be safely constructed, operated and maintained through its life cycle, including its ultimate removal or replacement.”

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More information AIRAH’s Ecolibrium publication is available here.