Designers have always provided designs that are safe from an engineering, structural and mechanical performance point of view. However past safe design practices and BCA requirements do not always assure that Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) outcomes for the workplace are resolved in the design.

Topics in this review include:

• Safe workplaces
• New OHS Legislation
• Buildings as workplaces
• New emphasis on design OHS for workplaces
• Design as a source of OHS hazards
• Optimising Design OHS
• How does design OHS affect designers?
• Improving OHS through design
• Designers’ common law liabilities in Australia
• Designers’ responsibilities in Australian OHS legislation
• Implications for designers
• How can OHS design be integrated into design processes?
• OHS design risk management
• Risk reduction at source
• Where do designers start?
• A systematic approach to design OHS
• Third party certification
• No-blame culture
• Client involvement
• Positive OHS (and ESD) initiatives