Design Resources for Incorporating PtD
Publication: Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 22, Issue 4
Abstract
Designers (architects and engineers) in the U.S. construction industry find it difficult to consider prevention through design (PtD) in the projects they undertake, primarily due to the lack of knowledge of the solutions available to them. This lack of knowledge creates the fear that incorporating PtD is prohibitively expensive, interferes with contractor means and methods, and opens the way for additional risk and litigation. PtD solutions are available in academic literature and some trade periodicals that are not always available or accessible to designers. To assist in the expansion of the knowledge base for PtD, this paper has two objectives: (1) to identify the kinds of solutions available to designers through existing literature, and (2) to identify existing methods that can inform and educate designers on PtD solutions.
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Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
Volume 22 • Issue 4 • November 2017
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Received: Feb 20, 2017
Accepted: May 10, 2017
Published online: Jul 26, 2017
Published in print: Nov 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Dec 26, 2017
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