Safety Culture in Construction: Hazard Identification

Paul Brown

Paul is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 40 years’ experience working in local government and the Private sector.  He currently works as an Associate Director with WSP. Paul’s role is to ensure teams deliver projects which are safe to build, maintain and dismantle. He believes Safety by Design should be business as usual for designers and not just a matter of legal compliance with the CDM regulations.

Karen Dolan

Karen Dolan is a chartered civil engineer and a technical director in Doran Consulting.  Karen works closely with Clients, Contractors and Designers to ensure that projects are delivered via best practice in Health and Safety and to the highest possible standard of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.  

Karen has extensive experience in providing principal designer and PSDP services for civil, structural, marine, public health, infrastructure sectors working via direct appointments, D&B projects and Frameworks. 

Recent high profile projects were Karen has provided principal designer services include the new Causeway Distillery for Old Bushmills Distillery, Project Curium London Luton Airport comprising new departures pier and terminal extension, City Quays 1 & 2 Office Developments, City Quays Hotel and the new Belfast Grand Central Station.

Prior to working in the CDM / principal designer role, Karen has civil engineering design and project management experience ranging from project design of water treatment schemes, to design, contract documentation and administration of water supply, sewerage, wastewater treatment schemes, harbour refurbishment and leisure projects. 

Trevor Hutchinson

Trevor started his career as an environmental health officer working for Kirklees Metropolitan Council in England in 1993. After specialising in Health and Safety he moved on working for various Health and Safety consultancies before moving back to Northern Ireland and joining Farrans Construction in 2001.

In 2008 an opportunity took him to the middle east, Abu Dhabi, where he was involved in many amazing major projects, including Aldar HQ and the Abu Dhabi World Trade Centre.  

After returning to Northern Ireland in 2014, he held Health and Safety Roles in Harland and Wolff, BE Aerospace, and Glen Dimplex before joining Northern Ireland Water in 2022.

Trevor is a Fellow of IIRSM and a Chartered Member of IOSH.