prevention through design: an important aspect of social sustainability
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Prevention through Design: An Important Aspect of Social Sustainability. Gabrielle Carpenter T. Michael Toole Civil & Environmental Engineering Bucknell University First International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction March 24, 2011. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PREVENTION THROUGH DESIGN: AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITYGabrielle CarpenterT. Michael TooleCivil & Environmental EngineeringBucknell University
First International Conference on Sustainable Design and ConstructionMarch 24, 2011
Introduction to Social Sustainability Brundtland Report (1987): more about
Social than Environmental Sustainability Elkington’s Triple Bottom Line
Environmental Economic Social
Related Literature to Social Sustainability Vesilind and Gunn (1998): Engineer’s ethical
obligations to: Deprived people Distant people Future people
WBCSD’s Corporate Social Responsibilities include: “Commitment by business to behave ethically and
contribute to economic development; “Improve quality of life of the workforce and their
families; “Improve quality of life of the local community and
society at large.”
Social Sustainability in Projects Effect on the surrounding community:
Noise Traffic Aesthetics Risk
Fair wages Safe work environment
Introduction to Prevention through Design
Process of addressing construction site safety and health in design of project
aka Design for Safety, Safety by Design Design-Builders: URS, Jacobs, Parsons,
Bechtel Owners: Intel, Southern Co., BHP Billiton,
ExxonMobil Required in UK since 1995 and currently
required in Australia, Singapore, South Africa
PtD Examples: Roofs and Perimeters
Skylights
Upper story windows
Parapet Walls
PtD Examples: Prefabrication
Steel Stairs
Concrete Wall Panels
Concrete Segmented Bridge
Ethical Reasons for PtD Typical Annual Construction Accidents in U.S.
Nearly 200,000 serious injuries 1,000+ deaths
National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics Engineers shall hold paramount the safety,
health, and welfare of the public American Society of Civil Engineers’ Code of Ethics
Engineers shall recognize that the lives, safety, health and welfare of the general public are dependent upon engineering decisions
PtD and Social Equity Do not our duties include minimizing
all risks that we have control over? Do not we have the same duties for
construction workers as for the “public”?
Is it ethical to create designs that are not as safe as they could (practically) be?