Safety Fundamentals and Best Practices in Construction Industry

by Pedro P. Marfa

Overview

This book intends to help safety practitioners, project managers, construction managers, and craftsmen who are determined and self-motivated persons to strengthen their knowledge in safety, which is a prime importance of a construction company in the protection of well-being and company assets during the execution of the project. It provides guidelines to develop company Occupational Health and Safety Program (OHSP) in preparation to become a contractor in government projects, in private sectors, and in oil- and gas-producing facility. It gives a wide understanding for both safety practitioners and company site management, the required occupational health and safety documentations mainly for the companys safety program, and best safety practices accepted by the client and align with international safety regulations as prescribed in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the construction industry. The contents of this book describes specific steps in developing effective organizational structure, occupational health and safety program, lesson learned, management responsibilities, hazard identification plan (HIP), job safety analysis (JSA), method statement, performance measurement, and recommendations on the best safety practices that can be applied in any government project, private sectors, and oil- and gas-producing facility projects. With the vast knowledge and experiences in safety acquired from training seminars from international and local organizations, the author will bring you into the real world in the construction field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781514496718
Publisher:	Xlibris AU
Publication date:	06/09/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	146
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr. Marfa has more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of safety in oil and gas plant projects, monitoring multimillion-dollar projects of Saudi Aramco. A civil engineer by profession, he graduated from University of Cebu in 1985. He has held engineering jobs in a private construction firm, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR), Region 8, Philippines. Currently, he is working with Hassan A. Karim Al-Gathani&Sons Company with SMP contract for Saudi Aramco projects, assigned in the Southern Area Oil Projects Division as construction engineer I, safety superintendent/coordinator. He holds a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Philippine Christian University (PCU) administered by Al-Andalus International School, Al-Khobar extension program, and he graduated with a doctor of philosophy in business management in 2011. He is a registered safety practitioner (RSP) and an occupational safety and health consultant (OSH consultant) under DOLE-BWC Philippines. He is certified by OSHA for the construction of train-the-trainer outreach program and is authorized as a trainer in construction hazard recognitions, scaffolding safety, crane and rigging safety, confined space entry, administered by Saudi Aramco for continuing education through the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) extension training program. He has also obtained a certification for process hazard analysis (PHA) and hazard operability study (HAZOP). With a good background with the Saudi Aramco Construction safety manual general instructions related to safety requirements and familiar with engineering standards applicable in the construction industry, he has acquired authorization to provide safety training as an approved professional training partner (PTP) through the International Safety Education Institute (ISEI), UC San Diego extension. He is incumbent chairman of the board of the nonprofit Philippine Society of Safety Practitioners–Middle East Region (PSSP-MER), a former president (2000–2002) of Philippine Society of Safety Engineers–Middle East Country (PSSE-MEC), a lifetime member of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE), and former vice president of PICE Middle East Chapter (2005).