Construction Health and Safety Management (COTM 5222) Course Feb,2018

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ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

Ethiopian institutes of Architecture Building
Construction and City Development (EiABC)
Program: Construction Technology and Management
Course delivered by: Chair of Project Management

Course Title: CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Course Designation: COTM 5222
Course Credit Hours 2Cr. Hrs Lect.2 Lab 0
Course Description Construction Environment: Equipment, Manual, Elevated, Glazing, Structural Steel and
Metal Works; Using Chemical rich Materials. EHS Legal and Regulatory Requirements
for Construction Projects: Human Concerns; Economic Costs and Benefits; Record
Keeping. EHS Management Program: Planning, Implementation and Monitoring
process. Professional and Occupational EHS requirements.

1. Introduction 3.3. Excavation work and confined space

2. Health and safety in construction industry
2.1. Policy
2.2. Organization for health and safety
2.3. Promoting a positive health and safety culture
2.4. Risk assessment with respect to health and safety
2.5. Principle of control and prevention
3. Health and safety in construction projects
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Working at height hazards and control
3.4. Demolition
3.5. Movement of people and vehicle
3.6. Work equipment hazards
3.7. Manual and mechanical handling hazardous
3.8. Electrical hazards
3.9. Fire hazardous
3.10. Chemical and biological health hazardous
3.11. Physical and physiological hazardous
3.12. Incident investigation recording and reporting
3.13. Monitoring review and audit

Instructor: Tsegaye G. Page 1

Assessment:

 Quiz = 15-30%

 Assignment/Project =15-20%

 Final Exam =50-60%

References;

1. Karl Williams, Civil Engineering contracts Volume1, 1992, England.

2. Phil Hughes & Ed Ferrette, Introduction to health and safety in construction, Second edition, 2007.