Build 153: Learn to manage hazards
Plus: Where next with your career?
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Exposure to dangerous chemicals and solvents is statistically more likely for construction workers than having an accident. To get the message out, Worksafe New Zealand has rolled out the Clean Air programme.
Leading thinkers from science and government have joined forces to start developing ways to manage the risk to our built environment and communities from natural hazards.
Working with industry experts, BRANZ has built on existing international information to develop guidance for dealing with asbestos-contaminated soils in New Zealand.
Do your workers remove asbestos or asbestos-containing material? Perhaps building, roofing, plumbing or demolition? Here’s a heads up about changes to asbestos-related work in force from 4 April.
No one knows what the future holds. Establishing a framework for resilience in the built environment would make it easier to deal with the challenges ahead.
BRANZ has done a lot of work on the costs and benefits of mitigating common natural hazards in housing. While some options are cost-effective, others hardly justify the expenditure.
New Zealand’s long, narrow coastline is vulnerable to the rising seas climate change will bring. A national stocktake of coastal assets, including buildings, land and infrastructure, recently quantified this risk.