On July 14, 2021, longtime occupational safety and health expert, Fred A. Manuele, received the inaugural Prevention through Design (PtD) Award for his outstanding foresight, wisdom, tireless effort ...

Bruce Lyon has been honored with the 2025 Prevention through Design Award for his leadership in risk management and advancing safety standards that eliminate workplace hazards through proactive design ...

Prevention through design (PtD) is an approach that helps electrical contractors identify and design out hazards before work begins. Electrical contractors can apply PtD by considering equipment ...

As the International CPTED Association (ICA), a non-profit, non-governmental professional organization promoting the proper use of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), we disagree ...

Nominations are being accepted for the second annual Prevention Through Design (PTD) Award, which is presented each year by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the ...

t’s not every day that a project interior designer sits down with the project team to discuss construction and occupant safety. But in 2019, Keith Switzer, who heads interior design firm INTEC Group, ...

The costs of adhering to new and changing safety regulations, maintaining up-to-date protective equipment and covering employee injuries is increasingly burdensome for many companies. This isn’t to ...

Crime prevention through environmental design alters the internal and/or external environment of a facility to increase crime deterrence and the likelihood of apprehension and detection of criminals.

Worker safety should trump potential liability issues when it comes to sustainability and design. Almost five years ago, John Gambatese, professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering ...

How often do you walk into an office building or hospital and marvel at the large boulders or bollards and the brightly lit path that takes you right where you need to go? Probably not that often, ...

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced the new standard, “Prevention through Design: Guidelines for Addressing Occupational Risks in Design and Redesign Processes,” or ...

The University of Colorado Boulder Police Department has several officers who are certified in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). They use this training predominantly when they ...