If safety is missed all may collapse, property loss for the client, life loss for the people either occupant or construction people, dignity loss for the design consultant and construction companies, trust loss for the promoter or project sponsor. So SAFETY IS FIRST ALWAYS. Safety need not to be balanced with any. Because missed deadlines will not kill anyone. It's my kind opinion.

Both factors are crucial in any construction project. It boils down to risk management and critical paths for deliverables. Oversight in safety management can easily land you in an insurance and personnel risk dilemma. Overrunning time and budget is bad project management. Your planned activities must be delivered within budget timely in order to avoid liquidated damages. I see contractors, while maintaining high safety standards as a toolbox item, concentrate on project due dates. If the client's project manager is not careful and precise in his instructions, a contractor can look for loopholes and gain on time and cost variations. Consider safety as an in-house daily activity while focusing on the end product and you can deliver.

There is nothing to balance between safety and deadlines. Deadlines should be met with good safe practices only. Deadline should be balanced with other parameters like crashing of schedule, micro planning etc. There should be no compromise with quality and safety.

Good and early coordination and optimal use of resources to support priorities and make the most of them until stable and specific steps are reached that can be followed continuously according to the available resources.