3. Occupational risk prevention and worksites
3.1 Introduction
Preventing occupational hazards on construction sites is not the sole responsibility of company managers, but also of project owners, prime contractors and safety coordinators, all of whom are required to implement the general prevention principles set out in the French Labour Code (see table 1 ), both during the project design and development phase, and during the construction phase.
The principles and methods of risk assessment apply to the building and civil engineering sector.
It should be noted, however, that risk assessment...
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Building and civil engineering statistics
1. Features
Construction sales account for roughly one-twelfth of gross domestic product.
In 2003, sales in France amounted to 127.2 billion euros: 97.9 billion euros for the building industry, 29.3 billion euros for public works. Within this total, maintenance work accounted for almost half of building activity and almost a third of public works activity (source: DAEI).
With a workforce...
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References
Standardization
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Marchés privés. Cahiers types. Cahier des clauses administratives générales applicables aux travaux de bâtiment faisant l'objet de marchés privés - NF P 03-001 - déc. 2000
Organizations
FFB French Building Federation
FNTP Fédération nationale des travaux publics
CAPEB Confédération de l'artisanat et des petites entreprises du bâtiment (Confederation of building trades...
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