Accurate planning is key to the success of any project. Safety incidents are one important consideration that impact planning and schedule performance. It is thus essential that safety measures be introduced in the early phases of the project life cycle. This article presents the results of the first phase of a broader project to develop a model for introducing safety measures early in the feasibility phase with the goal of improving project planning performance. The findings are based on a literature review and a quantitative approach using the in-house database of a Canadian energy company. The measures introduced must be designed to reduce incidents that occur most often with each particular type of project. For example, when building power transmission lines, measures are required to address negative patterns with respect to the following: cabling work, work conditions (such as working at heights and live-line work), particular days of the week and weather conditions. For the benefit of this paper, definition of pattern will be a combination of conditions which bring together an increase of negative patterns and a decrease for positive patterns.
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