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those who will construct or use the building
    * providing guidance on how a structure might be constructed safely
    * carrying out the above in collaboration with those who have expertise in construction safety.
A designer may be asked to provide health and safety information about a building they designed many years ago. The designer may not be aware of changes made to the building since it was constructed. In this situation, the extent of a designer's duty is limited to the elements of the design detailed or specified by the designer and not by others.

2.             KEY ELEMENTS OF SAFE DESIGN

2.1         Use a risk management approach
A risk management process is a systematic way of making a workplace as safe as possible and it should also be used as part of the design process. It involves the following steps outlined in Chapter 3 of this Code:
    * identify reasonably foreseeable hazards associated with the design of the structure
    * if necessary, assess the risks arising from the hazards
    * eliminate or minimise the risk by designing control measures, and
    * review the control measures.
General guidance on the risk management process is available in the Code of Practice: How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks.

2.2         Consider the lifecycle
In the same way that designers consider the future impact of a building on environmental sustainability, designers should consider how their design will affect the health and safety of those who will interact with the structure throughout its life.

Section 22: The WHS Act requires the designer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that a structure is designed to be without risks to the health and safety of persons who:
    * at a workplace, use the structure for a purpose for which it was designed
    * construct the structure at a workplace
    * carry out any reasonably foreseeable activity at a workplace in relation the manufacture, assembly, use, proper demolition or disposal of the structure, or
    * are at or in the vicinity of a workplace and are exposed to the structure or whose health and safety may be affected by an activity related to the structure.
This means thinking about design solutions for reasonably foreseeable hazards that may occur as the structure is built, commissioned, used, maintained, repaired, refurbished or modified, decommissioned, demolished or dismantled and disposed or recycled. For example, when designing a building with a lift for occupants, the design should also include sufficient space and safe access to the lift-well or machine room for maintenance work.

2.3         Knowledge and capability
In addition to core design capabilities relevant to the designer's role, a designer should also have:
    * knowledge of work health and