Delaying Decisions to Avoid SFAIRP
From Risk! Engineers Talk Governance by Richard Robinson & Gaye Francis
March 29, 2026 · 13 min · Season 7 · Episode 5
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of delaying decisions in engineering to avoid SFAIRP.
Drop us a note In this episode of Risk! Engineers Talk Governance, due diligence engineers Richard Robinson and Gaye Francis discuss Delaying Decisions to avoid SFAIRP (So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable). Their conversation covers: if lack of a decision is the result of ignorance and poor governance rather than deliberate strategyhow the elimination option often gets tested far too late in the design processwhy briefing board members and their legal counsel on WHS legislation obligations is...
People in this episode
Hosts: Richard Robinson, Gaye Francis
Topics covered
- decision making
- governance
- engineering
- risk management
- WHS legislation
Keywords
- SFAIRP
- decision making
- governance
- engineering
- WHS legislation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WHS, SFAIRP
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