Structural safety and risk: avoid risk in practice

With mounting pressure on structural engineers to deliver complex, efficient and cost-effective designs to tight deadlines, the need for a risk-based approach and proactive strategies is critical. At every stage in the Plan of Works, there are actions structural engineers can take to reduce errors, minimise risk, and improve safety. 

Reasons to watch:

• Understand how contractors can derisk in the design & build contract

• Learn about common theme in claims from a Professional Indemnity insurance specialist’s perspective

• Explore key learning outcomes from recent CROSS reports and learn about common design and construction issues

Content includes presentations below:

• Mitigating the risks in the design & build contract - from Charlotte Wildman 

• Inspection, certification and Professional Indemnity claims - from Stephen Hargreaves

• Lessons from CROSS: improving structural safety through reporting - from Paul Livesey

Intended for:

• Structural engineers working to ensure the saftey and integrity of the sturctures

• Structural health and safety professionals

• Project managers

• Anyone who wants to learn more about risk mitigation strategies

Speakers

Charlotte Wildman

Design Manager, Willmott Dixon

Charlotte is an award-winning Structural Engineer who has passion for a holistic design approach and ensuring project teams are supported to truly collaborate and deliver. Now working for a Main Contractor, her extensive experience across various sectors has given her a rounded and in-depth knowledge of construction. She bridges the gap between the consultants and operation teams/the supply chain to ensure that projects run smoothly with minimal surprises at stage five works.

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Stephen Hargreaves

Director, Griffiths & Armour

Stephen is a Director at Griffiths & Armour, one of the UK’s leading specialist insurance brokers and acknowledged market leaders in the field of professional indemnity. He has over 26 years of experience working for its client base which includes around 3,000 construction professionals spanning all of the major disciplines and ranging from sole practitioners to multi-national PLCs. 
 
Stephen currently heads up Griffiths & Armour’s team of specialist PI claims handlers. In that capacity he has amassed a wealth of experience in the defence and/or settlement of claims against his clients. This experience informs much of the firm’s risk management activities in which he is a regular contributor to its widely acclaimed publications and a frequent speaker at events such as these.
 

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Paul Livesey

Head of Operations, CROSS

Paul is a Chartered Structural Engineer with 30 years of experience as a consulting engineer and project manager within the building sector. He is responsible for the overall management of CROSS and works closely with the various stakeholders and Expert Panels.  He shares their passion to ensure that knowledge is shared, best practice is adopted, and safety lessons learned are promoted across the industry.

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