Project Owners Must Promote Construction Safety

The American Society of Civil Engineers has advice for project owners. "Whether you are a corporation building a new headquarters or a city building a new sports stadium, you are responsible for assigning construction site safety responsibilities at the contract stage to a specific and qualified individual or organization," says ASCE.This is a revision of the society's long-standing policy on construction site safety. While ASCE has reaffirmed its position that general contractors, who