Founded in 1911, ASSE is the oldest and largest professional safety organization. Its more than 32,000 members manage, supervise and consult on safety, health, and environmental issues in industry, insurance, government and education. The following ASSE resources are pertinent to the demolition industry.

The Construction Practice Specialty provides a global professional forum for advancing the construction issues that affect safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professionals through networking opportunities, technical resources and a common voice. The Construction Practice Specialty publishes a periodic newsletter, confers awards for outstanding construction safety performance and service and sponsors technical sessions at ASSE’s annual Professional Development Conference (PDC).

The Council on Practices & Standards (CoPS) Business of Safety Committee works to show how SH&E investment can positively impact an organization's bottom line. This committee generates documents and guidance materials through the CoPS Vice President. It also monitors business of safety-related issues to identify matters of Society interest, reviews appropriate business of safety-related materials and recommends position statements for the Council's review. This link features Articles, Interviews and Presentations.

ASSE's Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) has information on existing safety standards as well as Standards Development activities.

Purchase ANSI/ASSE A10.6-1990 (R1998) Safety Requirements for Demolition Operations - American National Standard for Construction and Demolition Operations from ASSE store.