Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) risk management at pre-construction stages of projects: A case of the Eden Avenue project

Occupational safety and health (OSH) still remains a challenge to the construction industry world-wide and source of worry for industry stakeholders. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) have been the primary tool to drive changes in the management of health and safety in the UK construction industry. Six (6) years after its latest Regulations (CDM 2015), there is a need for introspection, stock-taking and learning on current practice and how to manage more collaboratively OSH risks on construction projects. Hence, this comprehensive case study focuses on effective approaches regarding how OSH risks were managed at the pre-construction stage of a small domestic extension project