Dominic Ashley-Timms, CEO of performance consultancy Notion, examines how those managing work sites can foster an improved culture of safety in construction and motivation to improve efficiency and attract the next generation.
Dissatisfied with the CLC’s Site Operating Procedures, Unite has produced its own Covid-19 construction guide to help ensure the safety of construction workers during the pandemic.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is set to prosecute two companies after five workers were fatally crushed by a collapsing wall at a site in Birmingham.
A company director and project manager have been sentenced after a construction worker was killed when the forward tipping dumper truck he was operating overturned.
Kingspan Industrial Insulation has been fined £80,000 after an employee lost a finger and suffered serious injuries to his hand while trying to clear a blockage from a machine.
The government must improve on the detail if it is to prove that its new Building Safety Bill will drive reform in the industry, according to a new report by the HCLG.
The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has called for stakeholders across the industry to tackle the problem of plant operators failing drug and alcohol tests without any impact on their competence cards.
Construction union, Unite has urged the government and construction employers to enforce stricter rules to tackle rising Covid-19 transmissions in the industry.
To mark Road Safety Week (16 – 22 November 2020) Highways England is urging all road workers to ensure they report any and all incidents of both incursions and abuse.
Nearly half (49%) of design professionals believe that the recent rise of pedestrianisation in city and town centres is making public spaces more vulnerable to attack, according to new research.
