Designer's Confidence and Attitude towards Designing-for-Construction-Safety(DfCS)Implementation

摘要

The construction industry is known as a hazardous industry,which has been overwhelmed with accidents for a long time.One of the new strategies to reduce the number of accident in Malaysia is through emphasizing the safety responsibility on the parties involved during the design stage.This study investigated the confidence level of designing-for-construction-safety(DfCS)and the perceptions of the hindrance by focusing on the role of designers and its implementation among construction designers.The quantitative approach had been used,in which questionnaire survey forms were distributed via email and self-administered to forty(40)construction designers(i.e.civil and construction engineer,quantity surveyor,architect)in Johor.The findings have revealed that the respondents are confident of their ability to design for construction safety,though they are relatively less willing to implement the concept.This study demonstrates that significant effort is required to promote the benefits of DfCS in improving the safety performance of the construction industry so that it is widely accepted and implemented by the construction stakeholders.