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Ensuring fire safety

Association for Specialist Fire Protection CEO Wilf Butcher explains the vital role played by passive fire protection within buildings, and outlines issues that must...

Scaffolding firm fined for collapse

A scaffolding firm has been fined after untied and sheeted scaffolding fell, hitting a bus and pedestrians earlier this year… Emperor Scaffolding Ltd has received...

CDM2015 and commercial projects

James Ritchie, Architect and RIBA Specialist Practice Consultant for CDM, provides some key points of advice for clients and professionals involved with commercial projects… There...

Asbestos management = competent decisions

Stuart Goodman of Lucion Environmental looks at the responsibilities associated with reducing the risks of asbestos management… A previous HSE asbestos safety campaign highlighted the...

Construction firm fined for removing asbestos from a school

A construction firm has been fined for removing an asbestos ceiling in a school despite not being legally approved to do so… A firm has...

Demolition firm fined for fall

A Glasgow-based demolition firm has been fined after a worker fell from a mobile scaffolding platform, sustaining serious injuries … DSR Demolition Limited has been...

CDM 2015 regulation survey reveals mixed results

A new survey on the recent changes to the Construction Design and Management regulation has shown mixed opinions… A survey carried out by Philip Poynter...

New guidance launched to manage occupational risk

New guidance has been launched to prevent and reduce the number of construction workers contracting occupational diseases… The Construction Industry Advisory Committee (ConIAC) Health Risks...

Contractor fined for unsafe excavations

A Manchester-based building contractor has been fined for putting workers and members of the public at risk… Brierstone Limited has been prosecuted for failing to...

First notices given under new CDM 2015 rules

Health and Safety Executive inspectors have handed out the first set of notices following changes to CDM 2015 regulations… In April this year changes to...

Ladder injury sees Nottingham subcontractor prosecuted

A Nottingham subcontractor has been prosecuted after a worker fell from an unsafe ladder and sustained injuries… Subcontractor Hardev Gutheran Singh was prosecuted after 57-year-old...

Contractor sentenced for ignoring enforcement notices

A building contractor who ignored enforcement notices from the Health and Safety Executive has prosecuted… Meadowdale Homes failed to heed the warning of two Improvement...

Scaffold collapse sees three companies in court

Three companies have been sentenced after scaffolding collapsed during the construction of residential apartments… Workers narrowly avoided injury after scaffold collapsed on a project in...

Much ado about CDM

Andrew Dixon, Policy Advisor at the Federation of Master Builders provides an easy to understand breakdown of what the new regulations mean, and the...

Construction firm prosecuted over dumper truck injury

A construction firm has been sentenced following an incident that led to a dumper truck overturning and injuring a worker… Turner Construction (Midlands) Ltd has...

BM TRADA launches scaffold board safety scheme

A new inspection scheme for scaffold boards will promote construction site safety and prevent avoidable deaths… Construction is a dangerous field. Working at height is...

Asbestos removal and CDM 2015: Clients legal responsibilities

Steve Sadley, Chief Executive at ARCA details the legal responsibilities of Clients when appointing asbestos contractors under the CDM 2015 regulations… The human cost of...

Plans to remove asbestos from buildings put forward

A new report from MPs has called for asbestos to be removed from buildings by 2035… Asbestos can cause a number of fatal respiratory diseases...

Piling contractor given £16k fine for safety failings

A contractor has been fined for operating a piling rig without a safety guard around the rotating auger… A case was brought against Southern Piling...

The challenging risks of asbestos in brownfield sites

Alec Hales, contaminated land specialist at Lucion Environmental, examines the responsibilities associated with reducing asbestos risk on brownfield sites… The detection of asbestos in soil...

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