Inarcassa Foundation: “Excluded from the Observatory for Safety in Construction Sites”

“We are sorry to learn that the technical professions have been excluded from representation in the National Observatory for Safety in Construction Sites. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility has promoted a commendable initiative, fundamental in this delicate phase for our country struggling with the revival of the economy through the programs and projects of the NRP and the complementary Fund. It is essential to keep the spotlight on the issue of safety on construction sites and the Ministry has done well to engage with this new tool to promote the issue of quality of work and safety in all public works. This is why we complain about the lack of representation in the National Observatory of technical professions, that is, the representation of those who experience these problems on site, as they are fully responsible as safety professionals “. Thus the president of the Inarcassa Foundation, Franco Fietta, in reference to the agreement signed between the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility, the construction unions and the main public contracting authorities that started the National Observatory on Safety in Construction Sites. “On the subject of safety on construction sites there must be the maximum synergy between all the actors operating on the front line. The data recently disclosed by Inail must not mislead us. As the Institute explains in the latest statistical periodical ‘Dati Inail’, the closure of construction sites in 2020 due to of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a drastic drop in accidents at work. Unfortunately, starting in 2021, the knows of the construction sector as a consequence of the projects functional to the NRP and the strengthening of tax bonuses related to construction, will determine a probable increase in the accident phenomenon “, adds Fietta.” Inarcassa Foundation, which protects the requests of about 170 thousand architects and freelance engineers , often engaged daily in construction site works, for example as safety coordinators, has always been attentive to the issue of safety in the workplace. We therefore reiterate our willingness to deploy the skills and professionalism gained by architects and freelance engineers in the field in relation to the numerous initiatives promoted by the Ministry on safety and procurement issues ”, concludes President Fietta.