Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Due diligence in the operation and maintenance of heritage assets
- In
- From the Past to the Future: 18th Australian Engineering Heritage Conference 2015 [Newcastle]
- Imprint
- Engineers Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2015, pp. 192-202
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922107435
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.697138117070026
- Abstract
Australian workplace safety legislation places specific duties on asset owners and operators, including the requirement to demonstrate that diligent decisions have been made and carried out in the safe management of their assets. A layer of significant complexity is added when an asset is heritage-listed. These obligations places significant importance on heritage-listed asset owners' and operators' decisions, especially given that the safety measures that are considered reasonable are only ever determined in a court of law after an incident. We present issues identified with the current approaches to safety-related engineering decisions in heritage contexts. We then discuss the context within which these approaches sit, including legislation and good practice, and how current approaches address (or fail to address) critical legislative aspects. Finally, we present an approach that addresses these problems in an efficient and transparent manner, and demonstrate its value through case studies.
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