Research on the Risk Assessment for the Construction Safety in the Planning and Design Stages of Bridge Engineering

Studies have shown that a large proportion of the construction accident causes can be traced back to insufficient safety planning and design. The essence of incorporating the planning and design stage into construction safety risk management is an idea of “forward prevention” and “source management”. In this paper, bridge engineering as an example, a development idea of construction safety risk assessment during the planning and design stages in China were presented, such as perfecting a basic theoretical system, combination of legislative push and engineering practice, derivation the safety planning and design from the project construction status, etc. Chongqi Bridge and Taizhou Bridge engineering cases showed the construction safety could be built by improving the safety planning and design of the project, which could reduce the safety risk and thereby cut down the casualties and health hazard in the construction process.