Storms, icy weather, floods and extreme heat caused significant disruption according construction workers surveyed ahead of World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
According to data from the Health and Safety Executive the number of construction deaths across the UK fell during 2014-15...
New data has revealed the...
A firm has been fined £100,000 for failing to act on warnings about dangers to workers using hand-held power tools...
Edinburgh-based firm Alexander Dennis Ltd...
A roofline installer has been found guilty for failing to plan work at height after an employee sustained serious injuries from a fall...
Roger Smith...
A construction firm has been fined by the Health and Safety Executive after it was found guilty of exposing workers to asbestos fibres...
Marden Homes...
The Health and Safety Executive has fined a construction company £60,000 after an employee fell through a skylight roof...
Race Interiors Ltd has been hit...
Ten years after the deadline passed for businesses to make sure their premises and services were accessible, it may be considered surprising to find...
New facilities to increase the number of training places in demolition, health and safety, and construction have been purchase by the National Demolition Training...
Mike Packham, Partner of Bernard Williams Associates and BIFM member examines how the new CDM regulations are likely to impact the FM sector…
Like many...
Training
Effective training should enable all of the dutyholders to achieve compliance with the regulations in an efficient and cost-effective way, achieving the objectives of...
Phil Buckle, Director General at the campaigning charity Electrical Safety First explains why the government’s response to the review of the Private Rented Sector...
James Ritchie of The Association for Project Safety answers the questions most raised about the new CDM Regulations with regard to domestic projects…
The phone...
Graham Ellicot, CEO of the Fire Industry Association details the long campaign to ensure that smoke alarms are installed in all privately rented homes…
In...
Are we ready?
On 29th January 2015, CDM2015 gained parliamentary approval, and will therefore come into force on 6th April 2015. As the final version...
James Ritchie of The Association for Project Safety highlights some potential issues arising from the new CDM Regulations regarding the client’s duties to ensure...
