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Preface
The Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation is committed to leading the Australian property, design,
construction and facility management industry in collaboration and innovation. We are dedicated to disseminating practical
research outcomes to improve business practice and enhance the competitiveness of our industry.
Safety is one of our key research areas. Improving worker safety in the workplace with an emphasis on cooperation at the
individual workplace is critical to improving health and safety in our industry.
A Practical Guide to Safety Leadership is a follow-up to A Construction Safety Competency Framework: Improving OH&S
performance by creating and maintaining a safety culture, launched in 2006. Each of these is the culmination of significant
input from the broader construction industry represented by employers and employees. Congratulations and thanks must go
to the team of the original project, industry led by Dean Cipolla, Group Safety Manager, John Holland Group, and comprising
Wayne Artuso (Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner),
Dr Herbert Biggs and Vaughn Sheahan (QUT) and Dr Don Dingsdag (University of Western Sydney).
Safety needs to be embraced by all levels of an organisation. The guide is intended to provide a practical tool for following
the competency framework, for use across industry by CEOs and senior managers through to project managers, site
foremen and OH&S managers and advisors.
We look forward to developing tangible outcomes and working together to enhance the future of Australia’s construction
industry and to develop a new era of enhanced business practices, safety and innovation.
Mr John McCarthy
Chair
CRC for Construction Innovation
Dr Keith Hampson
Chief Executive Officer
CRC for Construction Innovation
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