In your own words, what is a Safety Management System (SMS)?

What will be an ideal response?


Open-ended response that should go toward SMS being the application of general business management practices to the active management of organizational safety and includes gap analysis; hazard identification and analysis; risk mitigation; corrective actions; incident and accident investigation; active reporting of potential and real safety problems and actual events; data collection, analysis, and dissemination; and continual monitoring and improvement of the safety system to determine areas of success and those needing modification. SMS is an active process that represents a significant move from the traditional reactive safety culture to a deliberate, proactive safety process.

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When demolition is performed, the process creates both solid waste and ----___________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A ____ is a process of measuring the work of a project in the form of a list of quantified work items measured in accordance with a uniform set of rules.

A. work takeoff B. labor takeoff C. quantity takeoff D. cost estimate takeoff

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What is the standard ceiling height in a residence?

What will be an ideal response?

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The optical standard that defines specific bit-per-second rates is the ________ standard

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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