Safety at Rehabilitation Works of the Cavez Bridge Over Tâmega River

The construction has many important parts which are many often studied at the academical environment. This work focuses at two general areas, which are the rehabilitation and the security at a construction work. Rehabilitation is an intervention at an old building which has a need of repair, in order to maintain the major attribute and ensure the structural health. This type of effort has a lot of risks for the workers, and for that, protective measures must be implemented with the purpose of avoiding accidents. The methodology that was used in this work is a study of case at an intervention on Cavez Bridge over Tâmega River. It focusses on safety and health required by the Decree-Law no. 273/2003 of October 29, which provides the correct approach, according to the repairing plan for each issue found at the bridge. It was concluded that it is fundamental to plan the correct tactic by knowing the actions, measuring them by the law, applying the right protection and supervising, to make sure that every person is following the regulations to avoid from the smallest injuries to the major ones.