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* Identifying the roles and responsibilities of various parties in relation to the project, and establishing collaborative relationships with clients and others who influence the design outcome.
    * Conducting consultation and research to assist in identifying hazards, assessing and controlling risks.

Consultation
The client should prepare a project brief that includes the safety requirements and objectives for the project. This will enable a shared understanding of safety expectations between the client and designer.
The client must give the designer all available information relating to the site that may affect health and safety.
Designers should ask their clients about the types of activities and tasks likely or intended to be carried out in the structure, including the tasks of those who maintain, repair, service or clean the structure as an integral part of its use.

Research
Information can be found from various sources to assist in identifying hazards, assessing and controlling risks, including:
    * WHS and building laws, technical standards and codes of practice
    * industry statistics regarding injuries and incidents
    * hazard alerts or other reports from relevant statutory authorities, unions and employer associations, specialists, professional bodies representing designers and engineers
    * research and testing done on similar designs.
Table 1 provides suggestions on using consultation and research to obtain information in the pre-design phase.

Figure 1 A systematic approach to integrating design and risk management

Table 1 Information sources for identifying hazards

Step                                    Possible techniques
Initial discussions                     Obtain information on the:
                                            * Purpose of the structure, including plant, ancillary equipment and tasks.
                                            * Industry injury profile and statistics and common hazards and safety issues.
                                            * Guidance from health and safety authorities and relevant associations, and standards.
                                            * Establish the breadth of hazards and the consultation arrangements between the client and designer.
Pre-design preliminary hazard analysis  Useful techniques may include a combination of the following actions by the client:
                                            * Conduct workshops and discussions with personnel using or working on similar structures within the client company, including health and safety representatives.
                                            * Conduct onsite assessment of an existing similar structure with feedback from the users of the existing structure.
                                            * Research information or reports from similar structures on hazards and relevant sources and stakeholder groups and then complete analysis for own design needs.
                                            * Conduct workshops with experienced personnel who will construct, use and maintain the new structure.
                                            * Conduct workshops with specialist consultants and experts in the hazards.
Determine what hazards are 'in-scope'   Workshops/discussions to determine which hazards are affected, introduced or increased by the design of the structure.

3.2         Conceptual and schematic design phase

Hazard identification
Hazard identification should take place as early as possible in the concept development and design stages. It is important that the hazard