Respond to Michael with 150 words:

I  am fortunate to have worked on projects that are LEED projects that focus on not only the future of tenants health but also the health of the workers building the projects. We are the design build contractor of record, which means we mange the overall project from cradle to gate. The early project design and planning stages involving owners, architects, and designers prior to the start of construction is the upstream. The downstream is later project stages of construction right up through use, operation, and maintenance of the completed building. The team utilizes a Hierarchy of Controls for safety strategy with elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, and personal protective equipment being the best to the less. The best is the preferred approach. Some examples are how our team design appropriate ladders and guardrails for catwalks on the roof to protect workers while installing equipment. Materials used are low- emitting materials (LEM) Inherently Non-emitting Materials: Naturally occurring materials and products made from organic materials that emit either very low or no VOCs. Products that are inherently non-emitting sources of VOCs (stone, ceramic, powder-coated metals, plated or anodized metal, glass, concrete, clay brick, and unfinished or untreated solid wood flooring) are considered fully compliant with the Low-Emitting Materials credit without any VOC emissions testing, if they do not include integral organic based surface coatings, binders,or sealant. Collaboration and using Prevention through design efforts are considered Safety by design. Using a tower crane within the footprint of the building was a great way to optimize the building feature. A safety design review was completed to explore how the completed building would be maintained and safely operated over its lifetime.As far as improving the process I believe with time improvements would come from the research development side of building. LEED has came a long way and the core concepts address major issues such as energy, water efficiency, sustainability and indoor environmental quality to name a few. I believe the building process and scorecard contributes to safety by design. I also believe the design build concept gives the project management team the ability to utilize safety by design with submittals and RFI’s that can address the potential hazards that exist.