The project involves training efforts to see that all parties understand and implement the standards. It also involves providing assistance and support to subcontractors in preparing project specific safety and health plans, performing pre-task safety and health planning and advancing their safety and health efforts. Partnering with local union safety representatives is a key element as well as creating safety and health advisory committee of industry organizations and agencies.

Other elements involve increasing communication with the design community to explore ideas they may have on improving construction safety and health performance and supporting sustainable design. Other elements include establishing and building a construction skilled support resource pool for city-wide emergency/disaster response needs as well as benchmarking and cataloguing incidents.

It marks the first time the city's top contractors are self-imposing site safety guidelines. "With New York City on the verge of an unprecedented building boom, the Build Safe NYC Project will make one of the most dangerous occupations in the world significantly safer," explains Louis J. Coletti, president and CEO of the BTEA. "It is our responsibility and goal to foster a safer environment for workers and the public alike."