Learn modern construction safety management practices using the tools in Forma Build. You’ll discover how to create site specific safety documentation, including collections of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and site specific safety plans. You’ll learn how to effectively communicate safety instructions and information. And you’ll learn how to track leading indicators and other incidents—all within a connected digital platform that supports collaboration, accountability, and transparency.

By the end of the course, you’ll know how to streamline safety oversight by digitizing typical safety management workflows to help mitigate adverse incidents before they occur.

Be sure to download the course datasets so you can follow along with the exercises.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Explain how Build enables better safety management through connected digital workflows.
Demonstrate how to store and reference site specific safety plans in Build.
Add safety instruction and markups to plan sheets.
Create a digital jobsite Safety Data Sheet (SDS) book.
Set up Build for incident tracking and safety inspections.
Assign incidents to other team members for follow-up.
Create safety permit forms in Build.
Track safety permit activities from submittal through completion.

Other courses that cover topics such as preconstruction, estimating, construction management, and cost control and scheduling can be found at the Construction Management for Education collection.

Update for courses covering Autodesk Construction Cloud

Autodesk Construction Cloud is now part of Autodesk Forma.

You may notice that platform and product names in our products have changed to the new Forma brand. Please note that platform and product names in this course may not yet be updated, but the functionality of the products and tools remains the same, and the workflows described in these pages are still applicable.

The following terms referred to throughout these videos and documents are updated to a new Forma brand name:

Autodesk Construction Cloud → Forma for Construction (for education)

Autodesk Docs → Forma Data Management

Autodesk Build → Forma Build

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Video quiz

What happens when you set permissions on a parent folder in Build?