Developing a construction safety management and audit system

Abstract

This research proposes a two dimensional framework, construction safety audit scoring system (ConSASS-2D) to guide the design, audit and planning of a safety management system (SMS). ConSASS-2D consists of grouped process areas with each process area structured by goals and supporting practices. The two fundamental dimensions of this framework include the capability dimension characterized by increasing capability levels. This dimension provides a systematic and logical basis for the design and audit of individual process areas. The other dimension of ConSASS-2D progresses an SMS by addressing groups of process areas. The role and contribution of the grouped process areas towards the overall qualities of the SMS has been elaborated in the definition of maturity levels.