RISKS @ SOURCE · Who wants DfS? • Once there were four people named Everybody, Somebody,...

RISKS @ SOURCE -

WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

2nd Oct 2019

WSH Forum for FM Industry

Chan Yew Kwong, Senior Consultant, WSHC

chan_yew_Kwong@wshc.sg

Car maker promises death-proof car is coming !

“Safety is, & must be, the basic principle

in all design work.“Assar Gabrielsson & Gustaf Larson

Founders of Volvo

Volvo’s Vision : That no one will be seriously injured or

killed in a new Volvo by 2020.”Hakan Samuelsson, President & CEO, Volvo Cars

Considering Safety During Design

Offers the Most Payoff 1

Conceptual Design

Detailed Design

Procurement

Construction

Start Up

High

Low

Ability to

Influence

Safety

Project Schedule

1 Szymberski 1997

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Conceptual Design

Detailed Design

Procurement

Construction

Start Up

High

Low

Ability to

Influence

Safety

Risks @ source – What’s the problem?

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Risks @ source – What’s the problem?

“Know your enemy and know yourself, one

can go thro’ hundred battles without danger.”

Sun Zi, The Art of War

Enemy = workplace hazards

Yourself = capability to recognize design risks

Design

Construction

Repair & Maintenance /

Occupancy & Use / A&A

Demolition

Life Cycle of a building

• identify safety & health

risks that could arise

throughout a building’s

life cycle

• eliminate / mitigate

risks thro’ design before

construction starts

Opportunity #1 – Reduce risks at source!

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Conceptual Design

Detailed Design

Procurement

Construction

Start Up

High

Low

Ability to

Influence

Safety

feedback WSH hazards

encountered @ FM

activities upstream back to

Developers & Designers!

DfS Regns – Is it upstream “witch hunting”?

Blame/

liability

Contractors & subcontractorsDevelopers & Designers

Opportunity #2 – to work together as a team !

Contractors/subcontractors

FM Personnel

Developers & Designers

• Brings together the

developer, designers

(architects,

engineers),

contractors & other

key stakeholders,

including to identify

WSH risks & eliminate

/mitigate them in a

systematic &

structured way before

construction starts =>

participate in the DfS

review meetings!.

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Who wants Change?

• Once there were four people named Everybody, Somebody,

Anybody, Nobody who wanted change.

• So, Everybody said "I want change".

• Somebody said "If only anybody would start to change, I will join."

• But Nobody said "I will change."

• Finally Everybody stayed same, blaming Somebody for waiting

for Anybody to start changing. So, nobody changed.

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Who wants DfS?• Once there were four people named Everybody, Somebody,

Anybody, Nobody who wanted DfS.

• So, Everybody said “Let’s work together to review the design".

• Anybody can identify foreseeable design risk(s).

• Somebody must be able to eliminate, if not mitigate, the risk.

• And Nobody shall stop Anybody from doing so!