International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation Design for Safety in Construction: A Study of Design Professionals in Kuwait DOI: 10.1108/IJBPA-01-2022-0015 Accepted: 28 February 2022 Mohammed Sharar 1 , Kofi Agyekum 2 , Patrick Manu 1* , Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim 3 , Abdul- Majeed Mahamadu 4 , Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari 5 and Frederick Owusu Danso 6 1 Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2 Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. 3 School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia 4 The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, United Kingdom. 5 Department of Civil Engineering, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom 6 Department of Building Technology, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana * Corresponding author Email: Patrick.Manu@manchester.ac.uk Telephone: 0044 1613067572