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Location and Dates
- Location: Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC
- Dates: Monday, August 22 through Wednesday, August 24, 2011 – start at noon Monday and end at noon on Wednesday
- Conference website: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ptd/a-new-way/
- Registration website: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/ptdc/external icon
Agenda
Title | Time | Description |
Welcome | 1:00 – 1:10 | Margaret Kitt, M.D., MPH, Deputy Director for Program, NIOSH |
PtD: State of the National Initiative | 1:10 – 1:45 | Paul A. Schulte, PhD, Director, Education and Information Division, NIOSH |
Keynote Address | 1:45 – 2:30 | Kelvin Genn, General Manager Safety and Wellness, Sinclair Knight Merz, Australia |
Plenary Session | 2:30 – 5:20 | |
2:30 – 3:00 | Michael Acott, President National Asphalt Pavement Association | |
3:00 – 3:30 | William (Bill) Horsford, PhD, Project General Manager, Environmental and Safety Engineering, Toyota | |
Opening Session | ||
3:30 – 3:45 | Break | |
3:45 – 4:15 | John Borowski, Director, Health Safety Security & Environment, WorleyParsons | |
4:15 – 4:45 | Wayne S. Maynard, CSP, CPE, ALCM, Manager, Technical Services & Product Development, Liberty Mutual | |
4:45 – 5:15 | Scott P. Schneider, CIH, Division Director, Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America | |
5:15 – 5:20 | Overview of Day 2 Donna S. Heidel, PtD Coordinator, NIOSH | |
Reception/Poster Session | 5:30 – 7:00 |
Title | Time | Description |
Research Issues | 8:00 – 8:30 | Effects of construction design and management regulations in the UK; PtD survey of UK and the UK experience Alistair Gibb, PhD, Loughborough University |
8:30 – 9:00 | Findings from the overall PtD in the UK study and their application to the US John Gambatese, PhD, Oregon State University |
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9:00 – 9:30 | Structural collapses during construction: lessons learned 1990 – 2008 Mohammad Ayub, P.E., S.E., Directorate of Construction, USDOL-OSHA |
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9:30 – 10:00 | Design risk analysis and quantification Matthew Hallowell, PhD, University of Colorado |
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10:00 – 10:15 | Break | |
10:15 – 10:45 | Benchmarking management practices related to PtD in the US Steve Newell, Consultant, Mercer |
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10:45 – 11:15 | A management systems approach for including PtD into capital projects and management of change Frank Renshaw, PhD, CIH |
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11:15 – 12:00 | Variability in business case methods associated with adopting PtD design solutions Elyce Biddle, PtD, NIOSH |
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Lunch and Student Contest | 12 noon – 1:30 | Student PtD project competition presentations and awards |
Research Issues (continued) | 1:30 – 2:00 | Improving the work life of workers in wine grape harvesting industry through PtD Amy Wolfe, Executive Director at AgSafe |
2:00 – 2:30 | Designing out chemical hazards and risks in the absence of authoritative occupational exposure levels Donna S. Heidel, CIH, NIOSH |
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2:30 – 3:00 | Including occupational H&S considerations in alternatives assessment to identify chemical substitutes Cal Baier-Anderson, Ph.D, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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3:00 – 3:15 | Break | |
3:15 – 3:45 | Alternatives and interventions in hospitals Margaret Quinn, Sc.D., CIH, University of Massachusetts Lowell |
Title | Time | Description |
Education Issues | 1:30 – 2:00 | Inclusion of PtD into engineering textbooks Atila Ertas, PhD, Texas Tech University |
2:00 – 2:30 | Inclusion of PtD into engineering education Deborah Young-Corbett, PhD CIH CSP CHMM, Virginia Tech |
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2:30 – 3:00 | Engineer 2020: Prevention through Design James McGlothlin, PhD, Purdue University |
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3:00 – 3:15 | Break | |
3:15 – 3:45 | Including PtD into the education of safety engineers Martha Bidez, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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3:45 – 4:15 | Including PtD into the accreditation of civil/construction engineering curricula Joseph Fradella, MS, Oregon State University |
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4:15 – 4:45 | Educating health and safety professionals in PtD Georgi Popov, PhD, University of Central Missouri |
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4:45 – 5:00 | Including PtD into undergraduate engineering courses Donna S. Heidel, CIH, NIOSH |
Title | Time | Description |
Practice Issues | 8:00 – 8:30 | Owner involvement in PtD Michael Toole, PhD, Bucknell University |
8:30 – 9:00 | PtD as a part of capital project design and execution from the project manager’s perspective John Weaver, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University |
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9:00 – 9:30 | PtD from the project and contractor’s perspective Jimmie Hinze, PhD, University of Florida |
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9:30 – 10:00 | Life cycle approaches to project design Peter Furst, MBA, Registered Architect |
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10:00 – 10:15 | Break | |
10:15 – 10:45 | Costs/benefits of ergonomic interventions for small business Dan MacLeod, CPE, Ergonomics Consultant |
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10:45 – 11:30 | Buy Quiet/Quiet by Design Beth Cooper, NASA |
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11:30 – 12 noon | Ambulance re-design to reduce EMS injuries Paul Moore, Division of Safety Research, NIOSH |
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Lunch and Student Contest | 12 noon – 1:30 | Student PtD project competition presentations and awards |
Practice Issues | 1:30 – 2:00 | PtD current and future activities and challenges Danezza Quintero, USDOL-OSHA Gopal Menon, P.E., USDOL-OSHA |
2:00 – 5:00 including break at 3:00 – 3:15 |
Making buildings safe to construct, operate and maintain
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Title | Time | Description |
Policy Issues | 8:00 – 8:30 | ASSE PtD technical report and standard Fred Manuele, President, Hazards, Limited |
8:30 – 8:45 | ASSE PtD-related activities Dave Heidorn, JD, American Society of Safety Engineers |
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8:45 – 9:00 | AIHA PtD-related activities: Z-10 Kyle B. Dotson, Dotson Group, LLC Representing the AIHA ANSI Z-10 committee |
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9:00 – 9:20 | AIHA PtD-related activities: business value and control banding Mary Ann Latko, AIHA |
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9:20 – 9:50 | Progress in impacting policy in workplace electrical safety H. Landis (Lanny) Floyd II, PE, CSP, CMRP, Fellow IEEE, DuPont |
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9:50 – 10:00 | Break | |
What’s next? Challenges and Opportunities for the Future |
10:00 – 12:00 | Panel Discussion
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Closing Remarks | Donna S. Heidel, NIOSH, PtD Coordinator |
Sponsors: American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Society of Safety Engineers, Liberty Mutual, OSHA, Mercer (ORC WorldWide), Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering
Page last reviewed: January 30, 2019
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health