In view of the international Symposium on " Safety and Health in the Construction Industry in the 21st century " organized by the ISSA International Section for Prevention of occupational risks in the Construction Industry and by the Austrian Accident Insurance Association (AUVA), an international working group has been established.

The objective of this group is to promote an exchange on the application of safety and health coordination in the various countries represented. The working group met for the first time at the CNAC on February 18 and 19, 1999 under the Chairmanship of Carl HEYRMAN, Vice-President of the International Section for the Construction Industry. The participants came from 15 different countries on three continents.

To prepare the meeting under the best conditions, a questionnaire was drafted and handed over to the participants ; it dealt with the application of coordination in the construction industry in the design stage, the construction stage and during subsequent maintenance works. This brochure is the result of the exchange of information and the comparison of situations in the countries represented.

As the brochure shows, coordination of safety and health matters is relatively recent in most of the countries represented so that it is impossible at this time to compare its results.

As all participants agreed that a further exchange of results and experiences on safety and health coordination is essential, it was decided to regularly gather the members of the working group in the future.

With this brochure, we hope having taken the first step in the international exchange of information on
safety and health matters on temporary or mobile construction sites.

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