Identifying and reducing safety and health risks through good design — at the conceptual, detailed design and pre-construction stages of your project.
Design for Safety (DfS) is the process of eliminating or mitigating foreseeable safety and health risks during the design phase of a project — before construction begins, and with the entire lifecycle in mind: construction, operation, maintenance and eventual demolition.
Under the Workplace Safety and Health (Design for Safety) Regulations 2015, developers of projects with a contract value of S$10 million or more must implement the DfS review process. Designers, developers and contractors each carry specific duties.
Act as your appointed DfS Professional — facilitating the DfS process across all design and construction stages as required by the Regulations.
Preparation and maintenance of the DfS Register, DfS Plans and Safety-by-Design documentation for regulatory compliance and project handover.
Organise and facilitate Guidance Workshops (GW1–GW3) with developers, designers and contractors to systematically identify and address design risks.
Structured hazard identification and risk assessment of design elements, with practical recommendations to eliminate or control risks at source.
Specialist safety support during construction aligned with MOM regulations, ensuring residual risks are communicated and managed on site.
Workshops for project teams, architects, engineers and contractors on DfS duties, processes and best practice. See training →
Understand the project scope, design intent, stakeholders and statutory obligations under the WSH (DfS) Regulations 2015.
Review concept design to identify foreseeable hazards affecting constructability, maintainability and end-user safety.
Re-assess risks as the design develops; confirm hazards eliminated by design and record residual risks with control measures.
Final review with the appointed contractor to communicate residual risks before work commences on site.
Compile and hand over the DfS Register so safety information follows the building through its operational life.
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