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Dodge Data & Analytics Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2017 Chief Executive Officer SmartMarket Report Michael Petrullo Executive Editor About Dodge Data & Dodge Data & Analytics Stephen A. Jones Research & Analytics/ Analytics Industry Insights Managing Editor Dodge Data & Analytics is North Donna Laquidara-Carr, Ph.D., LEED AP America’s leading provider of Senior Director, Research & Analytics Chief Marketing Officer Burleigh Morton analytics and software-based Sharon Lubrano workflow integration solutions for the Senior Director, Industry construction industry. Building product Insights Research Contributing Art Director Stephen A. Jones Alison Lorenz manufacturers, architects, engineers, contractors, and service providers Director, Industry Insights Research Contributing Art Director leverage Dodge to identify and pursue Donna Laquidara-Carr, Ph.D., LEED AP AD-BOUTIQUE, INC. Terumasa Yamada unseen growth opportunities and execute on those opportunities for Reproduction or dissemination Contributors enhanced business performance. of any information contained Bruce Buckley Whether it’s on a local, regional or herein is granted only by contract Katharine Logan national level, Dodge makes the or prior written permission from Research Project Manager hidden obvious, empowering its Dodge Data & Analytics. Susan Barnett, MRA, PRC clients to better understand their Media Contact markets, uncover key relationships, Copyright © 2017, Benjamin Gorelick size growth opportunities and pursue Dodge Data & Analytics, Spector & Associates those opportunities with success. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 212-943-5858, The company’s construction project [email protected] information is the most comprehensive and verified in the industry. Dodge For further information on this is leveraging its 100-year-old legacy SmartMarket Report or for any of continuous innovation to help the in the series, please contact: industry meet the building challenges of the future. Dodge Data & Analytics Research & Analytics 34 Crosby Drive, Suite 201 To learn more, Bedford, MA 01730 visit www.construction.com. 1-800-591-4462 [email protected] SmartMarket Report

Introduction

his study is the third in an • Architects currently are more focused ongoing series that began in on the impact of their designs on safety 2012, examining the positive during the operational phase than during impacts of a wide variety of construction. Some are concerned Tsafety-related practices, and changes in about liability if they practice PtD, but means and methods of safety training and owner requests and insurance company communication. Key findings include: incentives could encourage them to • A continuing shift of industry focus engage more fully with this approach. Stephen A. Jones toward engaging jobsite workers in • Contractors are generally less concerned Senior Director safety programs. about obstacles than architects, and Industry Insights Research Dodge Data & Analytics • Increasing evidence of the relationship most are interested in more information between safety-related investments about PtD practices. Stephen A. Jones leads and improved project and business DD&A’s Industry Insights The study also explores the sharp Research division. He outcomes. The consistency of those increase in technologies available to is active in numerous findings, especially considering the address construction safety in the past industry organizations evolution of the construction market and frequently speaks at few years. It not only offers insights itself between 2012 and 2017, lends industry events around into well-known technologies, but also the world. Before DD&A, weight to the compelling advantages of provides a baseline for emerging ones like Jones was vice president investing in safety. with Primavera Systems drones, laser scanning, wearable devices, • Large contractors continue to engage (now part of Oracle), a photogrammetry and robotics. global leader in project in more safety practices, conduct more ■■BIM: The study clearly shows that BIM management software. safety training and to reap more benefits Prior to that, he was use improves safety. Not only is there than smaller ones. principal and a Board of a dramatic increase of 27 percentage Directors member with • Toolbox talks continue to be the most points from 2012 (42%) to 2017 (69%) of Burt Hill, a major A/E firm effective means of communicating with contractors reporting a positive impact (now merged with Stantec). jobsite workers about safety. from BIM, but respondents who use BIM In addition, this study explores two consistently use more safety practices emerging trends that promise to impact and experience more benefits from their

SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT safety in the future: Prevention Through safety investments than those who don’t. Design (PtD) and the use of technologies to ■■Mobile Technologies and Tools: The improve safety. high rate of adoption of smartphones PtD recognizes that projects can be and tablets facilitates the use of a designed in ways that make them safer multitude of mobile tools for safety to construct. To capture a broad view of purposes. Cameras are used by 85% of this emerging trend, both architects and respondents, with document sharing contractors were surveyed. The following and project management apps/software Donna Laquidara-Carr, Ph.D., LEED AP conclusions emerge from the findings: used by 57% and 49%, respectively. Industry Insights • Although awareness of the specific Use of safety inspection (42%) and GPS/ Research Director phrase “Prevention Through Design” mapping apps (41%) is slightly less Dodge Data & Analytics is relatively low, many respondents prevalent, but still quite notable. Donna Laquidara-Carr report they are currently conducting a currently provides We thank CPWR and United Rentals for number of the beneficial activities that editorial direction, their ongoing partnership and support analysis and content comprise this practice, suggesting that for these studies, and we look forward to to DD&A’s SmartMarket more promotion of the term will help the continuing to provide this vital information Reports. Prior to this industry to rally around it. position, she worked for on safety management to the industry in nearly 20 years with DD&A’s the future. Dodge division, where she gained detailed insight into the construction industry.

Dodge Data & Analytics 1 www.construction.com SmartMarket Report SmartMarket Report SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 2017 SMARTMARKET REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Executive Summary

7 Data

7 Introduction

8 Safety Culture and Practices 8 Use of Policies to Promote Safety 9 Organizational Practices Used to Promote Safety 10 Aspects of a World-Class Safety Program 12 Safety Culture Indicators With the Greatest Impact on Improving Project Safety Outcomes

6 1 Prevention Through Design 16 sidebar Prevention Through Design: Stopping Accidents Before They Start 18 Awareness and Prevalence of Prevention Through Design 19 Architects’ Use of Specific PtD Practices 20 Contractors’ Use of Specific PtD Practices 21 Drivers Encouraging the Practice of Prevention Through Design 22 Barriers to the Practice of Prevention Through Design 24 Interest in Use of LEED Pilot Credit for Prevention Through Design 25 sidebar Chronic Exposure: Reducing the Health Impacts of Construction Materials

30 Technology and Safety 0 3 Impact of BIM on Safety 31 How BIM Improves Site Safety 32 Stages at Which Safety Professionals Are Involved in the BIM Process 33 Use of Mobile Devices Onsite 34 Use of Mobile Tools Onsite 36 Differences in Use of Mobile Devices by Role 7 3 Emerging Technologies That Enhance Jobsite Safety

9 3 Impact of Safety Practices 39 Impact of Safety Practices on Project Success Factors 41 Impact of Safety on Project Budget 41 Impact of Safety on Project Schedule 42 Impact of Safety on Reducing the Number of Reportable Injuries 43 Impact of Safety Practices on Business Benefits

5 4 Influence Factors 45 Factors That Influenced Contractors to Adopt Safety Management Practices 46 Factors That Would Encourage Contractors to Invest in Safety Management Practices 48 Contractor Response to OSHA Safety and Health Management Program Guidelines 49 Most Influential Roles for Improving Safety Cover illustration: Raymond Biesinger; Opposite page: Left: Image care of Mortenson Construction, Right: Image courtesy Clark Construction Group, LLC 50 sidebar OSHA Recommends: Updated Best Practices for Safety and Health Programs

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Executive Summary

Construction safety continues to benefit from new approaches and tools, along with ongoing attention to better safety management. The latest research affirms the business benefits of safety established in the two previous studies in 2012 and 2015, and it also explores emerging trends for safety, from attention to Prevention Through Design (PtD) to the ways in which technologies are helping to improve safety onsite.

Benefits of Investing in Safety Impact of Safety Practices on Projects Since the 2012 study, results have shown that contractors (According to Contractors Who Rate Them as experience critical benefits from their safety investments. Positive or Negative)

These not only include the core project benefits on Dodge Data & Analytics, 2017 budget, schedule and quality shown in the chart at right, Positive Impact Negative Impact but also business benefits like improved standing in the industry and the ability to contract new work, which are reported by the majority of contractors participating in 63% the study.

Practices Used to Promote Safety The chart at lower right shows the policies and 38% 40% organizational practices most commonly used to promote safety by all contractors. These findings underscore the high deployment of practices pertaining directly to jobsite workers. 17% When it comes to less commonly used practices and 10% 7% policies to promote safety, including conducting job 24% 1% hazard analysis/job safety analysis before construction start, carrying out prompt and thorough near-miss and Budget Schedule Quality

SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT incident investigations, having measurable safety goals and objectives, and prequalifying subcontractors based on safety performance, there is a broad gap between large contractors, especially those with 500 or more Policies and Organizational Practices 07_01_EXSUM_SafetyImpact_#01.eps employees and small ones, especially those with fewer Commonly Used to Promote Safety than 20 employees. In general, that gap exists to a lesser (Percentage of Contractors Reporting Use of Each) degree in all the practices and policies measured in the Dodge Data & Analytics, 2017 study. Since many of these have been demonstrated to Maintain an Open-Door Policy to be highly effective practices, this highlights a need in the Workers to Report Hazards, etc. industry to encourage or incentivize smaller contractors 86% to engage in them. Include Jobsite Workers in Safety Process Influential Factors on Contractors 82% Findings have remained generally consistent since 2012 Site-Speci c Safety and Health Plans on the factors influencing contractors to implement their 80% current safety practices, with the highest percentage (82%) reporting that they do so out of concern about Site-Speci c Training Programs for worker health and safety, and over two thirds also citing All Employees and Subcontractors insurance costs and liability concerns (68% for both). 73%

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ince 2012, Dodge Data & Analytics has conducted studies on safety management. The study DATA Notes About the Data featured in this report, the third in the series, The data and analysis in this report are demonstrates the ongoing importance of safety to based on the responses of 334 contractors Sthe construction industry and emerging trends to achieve conducted from June to August 2017. In addition, the Prevention Through Design safer jobsites. (PtD) section of the report includes analyses The report continues to track the evolution of the use based on data from a separate survey of of safety practices, the benefits derived from investing architects conducted in June 2017 with in safety management, the top factors influencing safety 108 respondents. investments, training practices and trends, and the most The architects are analyzed as a single effective means of communicating about safety through group in that section, but throughout the comparisons with the previous studies conducted in 2012 report, analysis of contractors’ responses includes comparisons with studies on safety and 2015. management in construction conducted by In addition, the current study revisits the issue of the Dodge Data & Analytics in 2012 and 2015. impact of technology on safety explored in 2012, and Throughout the report, several demonstrates the increase in the use of BIM and mobile analytic variables are also included in the technologies to enhance safety on the jobsite. It also examination of the contractor responses, establishes a baseline for the use of emerging technologies including the type of company, size of like drones, photogrammetry, laser scanning and wearable company, use of BIM and the role of the respondent at the company. devices, which can be explored further in later studies. In addition to direct questions on BIM and its impact on ■■Type of Company: All responses have been safety, the report examines the different responses from grouped into two categories: GCs (which contractors using BIM and those who do not about their includes general contractors, construction use of safety practices, the benefits they derive from managers and design-build contractors) and their safety management approaches and other findings. trade contractors (which includes trade and This analysis again supports the findings from 2012 that engineering contractors). contractors who use BIM are also using more safety ■■Size of Company: Company size is measured practices and seeing more benefits from their use. by number of employees. This study also looks at another emerging trend in ■■Use of BIM: Those identified as using BIM safety: the use of Prevention Through Design (PtD). This include both contractors who author models approach recognizes that safety begins in the early design and those who work with models created SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT phases and can be increased by engaging the designer by other companies. Respondents who and contractor in consideration of safety factors early in a engage in neither of the activities are project. Therefore, in addition to the survey of contractors considered non-BIM users. that has formed the basis of all the previous studies, an ■■Role of respondent: From a range of roles additional survey was conducted among architects to identified in the demographic questions in measure their awareness of PtD and their use of various the study, respondents have been grouped practices, along with the influence of a LEED pilot credit to together into seven categories: C-level, safety encourage wider use of this practice. Contractors were also leadership, vice president (other than safety), asked a few questions about their awareness and use of director (other than safety), project manager, PtD and its specific practices relevant to them. other type of manager and estimator. Because the concept of PtD is still not widely known, a fuller explanation of this approach is also provided on A more complete description of each analytic pages 16–17, along with a case study article examining its variable and more information on the survey in general can be found in the Methodology use on projects. Various sources for additional information section on page 68. are also available in the Resources section.

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Use of Policies to Promote Safety

Contractors were asked about their use of five specific Very large companies are also prequalifying safety policies, and, because their responses varied subcontractors based on safety performance more DATA by size of company, the chart below shows those frequently than other companies. Prequalification differences, along with the percentage of all respondents involves a fundamental change to the way many who report using each. companies do business, and this may be why this The two most frequently used policies demonstrate the practice is more frequently adopted by larger companies, contractors’ commitment to site-specific safety practices. which are often the trendsetters of industry change. Site-specific safety and health plans are used by 80% of Use of safety incentives is a relatively uncommon all respondents, and by more than 90% of respondents practice across this industry. Many are concerned about working for large companies (100 or more employees). inadvertently encouraging less productive behaviors Site-specific training is used by 73% of all respondents, through the use of incentives, such as under reporting with high levels of use reported by all except for small of near-misses. companies with fewer than 20 employees. Use of measurable goals and safety objectives is less common overall than the site-specific policies and is only used widely by those working at companies with 500 or more employees. Measuring performance consistently across projects can be resource intensive, but the data gathered can help companies create and achieve better safety goals. SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT

Policies Used to Promote Safety (Percentage Using Each Policy by Size of Company)

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Prevention Through Design: Stopping Accidents Before They Start

The best way to keep workers safe from a jobsite hazard is to prevent the hazard from arising in the first place. That’s the idea behind Prevention Through Design (PtD), a process in which design professionals explicitly consider the safety of construction and maintenance workers during the design phase of a project, and “design out” risks and hazards across all stages of a project’s lifecycle.

esign is a risk factor,” a safety review prior to completion program to engage architects and says Jonathan Bach, of the schematic design phase, enable them to develop a sense of coordinator of the and to document protective ownership of the PtD process, and National Institute measures incorporated as a result. for more and better examples to “Dof Occupational Health and Safety Since the launch of the credit, 109 demonstrate that “PtD is not about (NIOSH)’s Prevention Through projects (about half of which are staying out of trouble, but about Design Initiative. Multiple studies located in the U.S.) have registered opening new doors for creativity and based on data from the U.S., Europe for it, with seven projects complete innovation in design.” and Australia link between 22% and so far (one of which, a government 63% of workplace fatalities to design- project, is located in the U.S.). LEED Overcoming Obstacles related factors. And increasing Technical Director Batya Metalitz Project delivery method can help numbers of these jurisdictions are describes this uptake as about compensate for a lack of safety making PtD mandatory. The U.K., average for a pilot credit at this stage expertise among designers. where PtD has been mandatory since of development. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) 1994, reports a construction fatality While uptake rates for LEED’s PtD and Design-Build methods bring a rate one fifth that of the U.S. pilot credit may be average, industry contractor’s perspective to the early experts report that, 10 years after design phases in which decisions Emerging in the U.S. the launch of NIOSH’s PtD Initiative, critical to PtD success are made. In the U.S., PtD is an emerging nationwide uptake is still low: (Some of the most significant PtD best practice. It requires bringing a Estimates put adoption at near 0% opportunities occur in the first 30% safety perspective to bear early and in the commercial, residential and of the design process.) But even iteratively throughout the design infrastructure sectors, and between a Design-Bid-Build process can SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT process. ANSI/ASSE Standard 10% and 30% in the process sector.1 achieve effective PtD by bringing on Z590.3-2011, Prevention Through “In my view we’re at a roadblock,” a safety consultant or contractor to Design Guidelines for Addressing says Michael Behm, a Professor in advise on the implications of early Occupational Hazards and Risks the Occupational Safety Program at decisions. Design checklists are in Design and Redesign Processes East Carolina University. publicly available to support the provides guidance for adopting Obstacles to the widespread team’s work. In addition, USGBC PtD, and the U.S. Green Building adoption of PtD in the U.S. include provides two PtD training webinars Council (USGBC), in collaboration a lack of safety expertise among through its website in support of the with NIOSH, has tailored a process designers, a concern that PtD may LEED PtD pilot credit. specifically for the green building entail additional cost, and a fear of Building safety expertise among industry. Launched in 2015, a PtD liability if designers engage with the designers in the longer term, pilot credit under the Leadership safety of their design. In addition, NIOSH is publishing a series of in Energy and Environmental for creative professions in which risk discipline-specific training manuals. Design (LEED) certification program is essential to innovation, a cultural (To date, modules are available addresses both construction and shift may be necessary to decouple for architectural design and operations and maintenance, a perceived link between safety and construction, reinforced concrete requiring the design team to perform banality. Behm sees a need for a design, structural steel design and

1 Toole, T.M. and Gambatese, J. (2017). “Levels of Implementation of Prevention through Design in the United States.” In Proceedings of the Joint CIB W099 and TG59 International Safety, Health, and People in Construction Conference, sponsored by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) and Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT), Cape Town, South Africa, June 11-13, 2017.

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Awareness and Prevalence of Prevention Through Design

Contractors and architects were presented with the Awareness and Reported Practice of following definition from NIOSH about Prevention Through

DATA Prevention Through Design (According to Design (PtD): “Prevention Through Design (PtD) involves Architects, GCs and Trade Contractors) all of the efforts to anticipate and design out hazards Dodge Data & Analytics, 2017 to workers in facilities, work methods and operations, Aware of Prevention Through Design processes, equipment, tools, products, materials, new Believe They Are Practicing Based on the De nition Provided technologies and the organization of work.” After viewing that definition, they were asked two 67% 66% questions: Were they familiar with the concept of PtD before reading the definition, and based on the definition, 56% 52% do they believe they are practicing PtD? Even those who stated that they were not familiar with PtD were still asked if they practice it since they may be engaging in these 34% behaviors even if they are not familiar with the formal definition of the practice. Their responses appear in the chart at right, and a few 19% interesting results are apparent. 11% ■■Less than half of all respondents were familiar with PtD 7% before reading the definition.GCs were most aware 24% of this practice, with 52% of them citing familiarity Architects GCs Trade with it before reading the definition. However, fewer Contractors trade contractors (34%) and just a small percentage of architects (19%) were aware of PtD before reading the definition in the survey. ■■Despite low familiarity with the concept, many believe 03_01_PtD_AwarenessUse_#01.eps that they are practicing PtD based on the definition. Around two thirds of GCs (67%) and trade contractors (66%) believe that they are practicing PtD, and over half (56%) of architects believe that they are. However, as later findings make clear, some aspects of PtD are more widely adopted than others. SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT Variation Among Contractors The following variations apply to those who believe they are practicing PtD. ■■Size of Company: Over three quarters of contractors working at companies with 100 or more employees (78%) believe they practice PtD, compared with 50% of those at companies with fewer than 50 employees. ■■Use of BIM: 78% of those who use BIM believe they use PtD, compared with 54% of those who don’t. ■■Role: 79% of safety leadership report the use of PtD, far more than any other role.

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case study Building Faster and Safer: Prefabrication Contributes to Safety by Design Saint Joseph Hospital DENVER, COLORADO

in a warehouse provides safer conditions through reduced congestion, better ergonomic positions, environmentally controlled spaces and reduced schedule demands. In a study Mortenson conducted to quantify the costs and benefits of prefabrication on Saint Joseph, the company concluded that the strategy had averted seven safety incidents. “Prefabrication is proven to positively impact safety,” says William Gregor, vice president of operations at Mortenson. “Hallways were less crowded, there were fewer lifts on the exterior and interior of the building, and significantly less material, noise and dust.” The estimate of seven safety incidents Installation of a prefabricated exterior wall panel. averted is based on the ratio of total onsite labor hours to total OSHA- ules, procedures and linear, onsite construction would defined, onsite safety incidents, personal protective have required 36 months. “This is says Gregor. This ratio was then equipment are safety’s beyond fast track,” Rob Davidson, applied to the 150,500 labor hours quick fixes, relying on then principal at H+L Architecture, that prefabrication diverted offsite— Rindividual workers to apply them says in a short film about the project. where zero safety incidents occurred. once work is under way. More “In fact, I’ve heard it called psycho The decision to prefabricate occurs enduring and reliable solutions track.” To meet the required 18% early in the design process, usually SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT minimize the role of the worker in schedule compression, the project’s before design is 30% complete. implementing safety measures, construction manager, Mortenson This is because prefabrication or eliminate the hazard outright. Construction, proposed building is most effective when a project This latter type of solution needs major components concurrently, comprises multiple repeatable items. to be considered long before using prefabrication. This strategy Prefabrication also depends on construction begins. Ideally, not only brought the ambitious early integration of the construction Prevention Through Design (PtD) schedule within reach, it did so in perspective into the design process. is a deliberate, safety-driven effort, a way that mitigated the need-for- Saint Joseph’s project delivery but it can also occur as a productive speed’s potential impact on safety. method, Construction Manager at byproduct of achieving other Risk, helped with this, enabling early priorities, as happened at Safety Advantage of construction advice, accelerating SCL Health’s Saint Joseph Hospital, Prefabrication decision-making and facilitating in Denver. Prefabrication, often chosen for its owner-architect-trade coordination. The project schedule for Saint advantages for schedule, quality The building components the Joseph, an 831,237-square-foot, control or logistics, is also one of the project team identified as most 360-bed facility completed in most effective strategies for PtD. conducive to prefabrication included 2014, allowed only 30 months for Compared to onsite construction, 440 bathroom pods, 250 exterior wall constructing a building for which prefabricating building components panels, nearly a mile of multi-trade

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utility racks, and 376 patient-room craft workers to fabricate the walls headwalls, provided improved headwalls. Each prefabrication effort at a comfortable height on elevated certainty and quality control for a required the design team to integrate tables. The panels were sent to 93% benefit-to-cost ratio, diverted constructability considerations, site complete with framing, brick 16,000 labor hours offsite and and achieved its safety outcomes ledge, sheathing, air barrier, averted one safety incident. in tandem with cost- and schedule- insulation and brick ties: Only the “Recordable injury rates plummet related benefits. detailing of the connections between in a warehouse compared with the panels remained to be done onsite. construction site, and every labor Win by Win This enabled the building to be hour diverted to the warehouse Prefabricating the bathroom pods closed in much faster than usual, reduces the probability of a safety- diverted 78,000 hours to safer, offsite eliminating fall hazards sooner related incident,” Mortenson’s conditions, accounting for more than and enabling interior work to study concludes. “The use of half of the project’s total labor hours begin in a protected environment. prefabrication was, without a doubt, diverted. Achieving this component Prefabricating this element a major contributor to the success of the prefabrication effort shortened the schedule by 41 days, of the Saint Joseph project, and necessitated significant coordination returned 174% in indirect benefits for significantly reduced the typical risk among the owner, design team, each dollar of cost, diverted 33,000 of a highly technical, aggressively supplier and construction manager labor hours offsite and averted an scheduled hospital project.” n to finalize bathroom sizes, locations estimated two safety incidents. and finishes much earlier in the The multi-trade rack (MTR) portion project than usual, and entailed of the prefabrication effort supplied stats Project Facts a direct cost increase of 4.6% nearly a mile of prefabricated MTRs and Figures compared with site-built bathrooms. to the project. The production line However, this extra effort and outlay produced and stored up to two Completion Date 2014 returned almost 130% of direct costs floors of MTRs ahead of onsite in indirect savings, knocked 52 days construction, essentially removing Size off the schedule and averted an these trades from the critical path; 831,327 square feet estimated four safety incidents. the mechanical subcontractor Construction Cost For exterior wall panels, transported, hoisted and installed the $405M SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT prefabrication efforts focused on MTRs; and onsite crews completed Owner the hospital’s upper four floors the system by tying together five- SCL Health (the ones with the most repeatable foot gaps between the racks. Hazards Architects elements), with panel size and details mitigated through this approach Davis Partnership Architects, H+L coordinated between the framing include overhead work and site Architecture, ZGF Architecture subcontractor, structural engineer, congestion in main corridors. Construction Manager/ architect and construction manager. As with the bathrooms and General Contractor Much of this coordination occurred wall panels, the effort entailed Mortenson Construction through building information intensive coordination among Bathroom Pod Manufacturer modeling (BIM), which also enabled project team members to group and Eggrock Modular Solutions, a division of Oldcastle the project team to see, while still design the utilities for effective and in design, that integrating a lifting efficient prefabrication. In the end, Framing Subcontractor apparatus into the panels would help the MTRs achieved a 122% benefit- South Valley Drywall ensure safer and more seamless to-cost ratio, saved 20 workdays, Mechanical Subcontractor installation. Offsite, the production diverted 24,000 hours offsite and U.S. Engineering line for the panels included averted one safety incident. Casework Subcontractor numerous jigs and templates to The fourth component in the ISEC facilitate the work, and it allowed prefabrication effort, patient-room

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building; and Skanska’s and national Innovationbuilding; Program. Grant modular and prefabrication construction; and design virtual operationsincluding and activities, everydayinto planning new technology, automation techniques advanced and construction Tony for integrating strategically responsible organization leadsan Innovative Construction Solutions, Skanska USA Anthony (Tony) Colonna, Senior Vice President,

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Impact of BIM on Safety

Respondents who use BIM were asked about the impact Impact of BIM on Safety that they believe their use of BIM has on safety. Those

DATA (According to All Respondents Who Use BIM in using BIM were asked the same question in the 2012 2017 and in the 2012 Study) study. The results of both studies appear on the right. Dodge Data & Analytics, 2017 In the last five years, a much higher percentage of Positive/Very Positive Impact contractors using BIM (69%) report that it has a positive No Impact impact on safety than did five years ago (42%). Several Negative Impact factors likely contribute to this finding, including greater experience with BIM and the development of better tools 2012 2017 like photogrammetry that can be employed within the 4% 1% model to impact safety. Certainly, the positive impact of BIM on safety is likely part of the reason why BIM users report seeing stronger 42% 30% benefits from their safety practices, as is reported on pages 40 and 44. 54% 69% Variation by Size As the chart at lower right demonstrates, over three quarters of contractors working at companies with more than 100 employees report a positive impact on safety from their use of BIM. This corresponds to the higher levels of BIM implementation consistently seen among larger companies in other Dodge Data & Analytics’ studies, and it supports the inference that greater BIM 02_01_BIM_Impact_F2_#01.eps experience leads to wider recognition of how to use BIM Contractors Reporting BIM Has a Positive to improve safety. Impact on Safety (By Size of Company) Dodge Data & Analytics, 2017 Variance by Role Since only about half of the respondents report using 83% BIM, the number of respondents in each role responding 76% to this question is relatively small. However, there SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT is a trend for a relatively high percentage of those in 60% leadership roles (other than those at the C-level) to report a positive impact from BIM: 45% ■■95% of director-level respondents (other than safety professionals) ■■ 80% of safety leadership ■■74% of vice presidents/senior vice presidents These findings are in contrast to project managers, only 57% of whom believe BIM has a positive impact on safety. Less Than 20 20 to 99 100 to 499 500 or More Employees Employees Employees Employees

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Impact of Safety Practices on Project Success Factors

Contractors were asked to rate the impact of various Impact of Safety Practices on Projects factors that influence the success of their projects

DATA (According to Contractors Who Rate the Impacts and their businesses on a five-point scale from very as Positive or Negative) negative impact to very positive. The same question was Dodge Data & Analytics, 2017 presented to contractors on previous studies in 2012 and Positive Impact Negative Impact 2015. The chart at right shows the percentages reporting a positive or negative impact on their projects in the Impact on Budget Reduction in Reportable Injuries current study compared with those in the previous ones. 81% The chart shows that reporting of project benefits 71% 73% has remained fairly consistent over the three studies, with a slight uptick in 2015 and a modulation back in 2017. It specifically demonstrates that a high percentage 43% 39% of contractors consistently experience a reduction in 38% reported injuries, improved project quality and increased willingness by jobsite workers to report unsafe conditions 15% 17% 17% 6% due to their investments in safety practices. In general, 2% 5% it demonstrates that investing in safety helps to improve projects for most contractors. 2012 2015 2017 2012 2015 2017

Variations Based on Use of BIM, Size of Impact on Schedule Impact on Quality Company and Type of Company Frequent differences emerge in the percentage who 71% 66% 63% report achieving positive project benefits due to their investments in safety based on three factors: their use 47% 43% of BIM, the size of the company for which they work 40% and between GCs and trade contractors. Where such differences emerge, they consistently favor BIM users, 13% large companies and GCs. While it is likely that the 10% 10% 2% 2% three are interrelated, since GCs tend to be larger than 1% trade contractors and 69% of those using BIM work for 2012 2015 2017 2012 2015 2017 companies of 100 employees or more, there are also SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT differences that suggest other influences besides size. Jobsite Workers’ Willingness to ■■Workers’ Willingness to Report Unsafe Conditions: Report Unsafe Conditions A higher percentage of contractors who use BIM and 79% 79% those who work for large companies (those with 100 or 76% more employees) report that their safety investments have a positive impact on worker willingness to report unsafe conditions. For large companies, this may be in part due to the creation of formal processes and rules for jobsite workers to report unsafe conditions. ■■Project Quality: More contractors who use BIM and those who work for large companies experience 3% 2% 2% higher project quality due to their safety investments. This finding may be influenced by the likelihood that 2012 2015 2017 both of these groups may track measures of project quality more frequently than those who are not as technologically advanced or smaller firms with 04_01_Benefits_ProjBenefits_#01.eps fewer resources.

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Factors That Influenced Contractors to Adopt Safety Management Practices

Understanding what has influenced contractors to adopt Influential Factors for the Adoption of their current safety management practices can help those

DATA Safety Management Practices (Rated as seeking to encourage wider adoption of these practices, Having a High/Very High Influence by Contractors) both internally in their own organization and across the Dodge Data & Analytics, 2017 construction industry. Therefore, contractors were asked Concern About Worker Health and Safety to rate how influential 10 factors were in their decision to 82% adopt their current safety management practices. The chart at right shows the percentage who consider each Insurance Costs factor influential or highly influential. 68% As in both the 2012 and 2015 studies, where this Liability Concerns question was also asked, concern about worker health 68% and safety is rated as a highly influential factor by most contractors (82%). This suggests that demonstrating the Industry Leadership in Overall Safety Culture efficacy of various measures to improve safety can be 52% very persuasive with contractors. Regulatory Requirements Around two thirds select insurance costs and liability concerns as highly influential in their decision. This 52% reveals the importance of insurance and litigation for Avoiding Potential Business Disruption driving improved safety in construction. However, it also 52% suggests that contractors may be conservative about adopting cutting-edge practices without knowing what Owner/Client Demand their impact will be on these factors. 49% All other factors are considered highly influential by Past Incidents Involving about half of contractors, suggesting that there are many Worker Health and Safety influences driving contractors to adopt safety practices. 49% ■■Some reflect what contractors are compelled to do, such as regulatory requirements and owner/client Competitive Advantage demand, which suggests that keeping up this external 46% pressure is important to sustain gains in the adoption of Desire to Improve Productivity safety practices in the industry. 43% ■■Others reflect the importance of contractors’ standing SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SMARTMARKET 2017 REPORT in the industry, such as industry leadership in overall safety culture, and keeping a competitive advantage. Variation by Size of Company These indicate how important the focus on safety has In general, most factors are more influential for large become in the construction industry. 05_03_Influences_Drivers_#01.epcompanies than small ones. However,s there are some ■■Direct business factors have also been influential, subtle differences between factors. including avoiding potential business disruptions and ■■More Influential on Moderate to Large Companies: the desire to improve productivity, which suggests For several factors, there is a clear divide in the more data on these factors could still be influential. percentage who find them influential between those with 50 or more employees versus those with fewer Variation by Type of Company than 50 employees. These include: There are no statistically significant differences in • Industry Leadership in Overall Safety Culture the responses of GCs compared with those of trade • Owner/Client Demand contractors. This is particularly notable given the wide • Competitive Advantage variation by size of company (see below), and suggests ■■Less Influential on the Smallest Companies: For that GCs and trade contractors largely face the same other factors, very small companies (fewer than 20 challenges and seek the same benefits when considering employees) lag notably behind large companies, with adoption of safety management practices. moderate-sized businesses falling in between.

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Association Research Partners Other Resources: American Road and Transportation Builders BIMForum: bimforum.org Association (ARTBA): www.artba.org buildingSMART International: www.buildingsmart.org International Council of Employers of Bricklayers Construction Safety Council: www.buildsafe.org and Allied Craftworkers (ICE) : www.icebac.org International Code Council: www.iccsafe.org National Electrical Contractors Association Lean Construction Institute: www.leanconstruction.org (NECA): www.necanet.org National Institute of Building Sciences: www.nibs.org ProducedSheet Metal with andsupport Air Conditioning from Contractors’ National Institute of Occupational Safety National Association (SMACNA): www.smacna.org and Health: www.cdc.gov/niosh The Association for Union Contractors National Institute of Standards and (TAUC): www.tauc.org Building Technology: www.nist.gov Prevention Through Design Resources Occupational Safety and Health CPWR Construction Solutions, Prevention through Administration: www.osha.gov Design: www.cpwrconstructionsolutions.org/ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: www.bls.gov hazard_solutions/ptd/prevention-through-design-ptd National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) Prevention through Design Program: www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/ptdesign/default.html Prevention through Design: designforconstructionsafety.org USGBC Prevention through Design Credit: www.usgbc.org/credits/preventionthroughdesign

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