Concrete construction safety: Investigating (Western) Australian formwork practice
Preventing accidents from occurring is a primary concern for the Australian construction industry. One area where incidents have occurred, at a more than acceptable rate, is in the use of formwork; recent formwork failures in Australia illustrate these are just as significant as a permanent structur...
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| author | Whyte, Andrew Brandis, P. |
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| description | Preventing accidents from occurring is a primary concern for the Australian construction industry. One area where incidents have occurred, at a more than acceptable rate, is in the use of formwork; recent formwork failures in Australia illustrate these are just as significant as a permanent structure failure. Whilst most formwork failures are found to concern differing inadequacies in practice, the occurrence of formwork failures may be prevented by targeting reform at their root cause; this paper presents the findings of detailed investigations examining the guidance and legislation governing formwork practice in Australia. An analysis of documentation governing Australian formwork practice, alongside industry perceptions provide a rounded and extensive view of the current situation. Findings highlight the limitations of using a legislative-based model of control, and also express the importance of formwork design education and training. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-195562017-01-30T12:14:31Z Concrete construction safety: Investigating (Western) Australian formwork practice Whyte, Andrew Brandis, P. Preventing accidents from occurring is a primary concern for the Australian construction industry. One area where incidents have occurred, at a more than acceptable rate, is in the use of formwork; recent formwork failures in Australia illustrate these are just as significant as a permanent structure failure. Whilst most formwork failures are found to concern differing inadequacies in practice, the occurrence of formwork failures may be prevented by targeting reform at their root cause; this paper presents the findings of detailed investigations examining the guidance and legislation governing formwork practice in Australia. An analysis of documentation governing Australian formwork practice, alongside industry perceptions provide a rounded and extensive view of the current situation. Findings highlight the limitations of using a legislative-based model of control, and also express the importance of formwork design education and training. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19556 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Whyte, Andrew Brandis, P. Concrete construction safety: Investigating (Western) Australian formwork practice |
| title | Concrete construction safety: Investigating (Western) Australian formwork practice |
| title_full | Concrete construction safety: Investigating (Western) Australian formwork practice |
| title_fullStr | Concrete construction safety: Investigating (Western) Australian formwork practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Concrete construction safety: Investigating (Western) Australian formwork practice |
| title_short | Concrete construction safety: Investigating (Western) Australian formwork practice |
| title_sort | concrete construction safety: investigating (western) australian formwork practice |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19556 |