The impact of human behaviour on the (un)safety of the construction site

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A construction site is a space where construction workers use the right materials, tools and machinery. They are required to have the knowledge and skills to work safely, as their behaviour has a huge impact on the safety of the entire construction site.All activities affecting the safety of the construction site should be preceded by a review of the legal conditions in the field of safety and health protection and, above all, by familiarisation with the design documentation of the facility. The document defines all the elements of the building object, construction equipment and works, land or plot development, function, form and construction of the building object, its energy and ecological characteristics, as well as the proposed necessary technical and material solutions showing the principles of connection with the surroundings and the conditions of use of the building object.Based on an analysis of the documentation, it is recommended to proceed with the development of a Health and Safety Plan or an IBWR manual. And to draw up an action plan for behaviour affecting construction safety. The work presents a network model and schedule for the execution of the works; schedules for employment, operation of machinery, and supply of materials; site development plans drawn up for the successive stages of construction; diagrams and descriptions of the organisation of the construction management and site management.A typical technology and organisation design used should include: in the field of technology: technical characteristics of the construction project and the conditions of its implementation; a list of the elements of the object or processes that make up a specific project with an indication of the sequence of their execution and size; a description of the technology of the basic processes specifying the methods of their execution; the selection of machinery and auxiliary equipment and transport units; drawings of forming devices, scaffolding and other special constructions necessary for the adopted technology and the technology of execution of specific construction processes in atypical conditions.The SDS and IBWR instructions being developed and the action scheme for behaviour affecting construction safety should find wide practical application.Based on the analysis, an OHS plan and an IBWR instruction were developed. An action scheme for behaviour affecting construction safety was developed.