Owner Involvement in Construction at a National Laboratory

摘要

In a construction project, the contractor and the owner each have a211u001eresponsibility for ensuring the health and safety of personnel on a project site. 211u001eThe contractor has the responsibility for ensuring that the provisions of OSHA 211u001esafety and health regulations are followed and that the work is conducted in a 211u001esafe and well thought out manner (Kohn 1996). The owner has a responsibility for 211u001edisclosing to the contractor those owner-controlled hazards that are present in 211u001ethe work area due to ongoing and past operations (OSHA 1997). With the owner 211u001etaking an active role in disclosing the potential hazards, the contractor is able 211u001eto account for, plan, and mitigate potential health and safety issues during the 211u001eperformance phase of the project. At Sandia National Laboratories, this 211u001edisclosure is made early in the project through the use of processes developed 211u001especifically for this purpose.