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£2m fine for three contractors after a worker suffers serious leg...
Three contractors have been handed fines totalling more than £2m after a worker sustained serious leg injuries following health and safety failings
Laing O’Rourke to focus on fatal risks
Laing O’Rourke has revealed it will roll out a new company mission to move away from the culture of controlling all risks towards a focus on fatal risks.
Injured workman rescued by crane
A firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a crane had to be used to rescue a workman who fell into a lift pit.
BIM, IoT, big data: A vision for a data enabled built...
Graeme Forbes, Managing Director, Clearbox talks about BIM, the Internet of Things and big data in the built environment...
The building information modelling (BIM) journey is underway...
Second accident at Persimmon Homes site in 48 hours
A man has fallen from a ladder in the second accident to occur within a 48 hour period at a Persimmon Homes building site...
Meeting the Challenge: Compliance and CDM 2015
Building Safety Group MD Paul Kimpton considers the challenges to companies complying with the recently updated Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations…
CDM 2015 is...
Meeting the Challenge: Compliance and CDM 2015
Building Safety Group MD Paul Kimpton considers the challenges to companies complying with the recently updated Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations…
CDM 2015 is...
Foreword
Steve Evans BSc (Hons) MBA C.Build.E FCABE
Senior Area Technical Manager
National House Building Council (NHBC)
Hello and welcome to this edition of Planning and Building Control...
Research hopes to improve the resilience of buildings
Research to improve the resilience of buildings against earthquakes has been tested in Japan on the tallest building to date…
Researchers from the National Research...
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...
What does the Construction Products Regulation mean?
Kevin Frewin, Technical Development Manager, BSI Assurance explains what CE marking is and what it means in relation to the Construction Products Regulation…
Although manufacturers...
What does the Construction Products Regulation mean?
Kevin Frewin, Technical Development Manager, BSI Assurance explains what CE marking is and what it means in relation to the Construction Products Regulation…
Although manufacturers...
Hundreds of Shropshire buildings contain asbestos
Figures released by local authorities have revealed hundreds of buildings still in use across Shropshire contain asbestos…
Schools, libraries, fire stations, and day care centres...
The BIM countdown to 2016
As the BIM clock continues to tick, Kath Fontana, Managing Director of BAM FM and chair of RICS FM PG board, shares her thoughts...
Builder charged after carrying out dangerous gas work
A Suffolk builder has received a substantial fine after being found guilty of undertaking dangerous gas work at a residence...
David Liptrott, Stonham, Suffolk, has...
PROFILE: A plan for evacuation
Disabled people may need extra assistance to evacuate a building safely. Here, Ian Streets explains the procedures…
It is vital for a business to have...
New regulations miss electrical danger
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 lost an opportunity to protect both landlords and tenants
New regulations miss electrical danger
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...
An inclusive approach to evacuation plans
It is vital for a business to have facilities and procedures in place to help disabled people move around a building – and it...
CDM2015: Construction (Design and Management Regulations) 2015
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...
Developers sidestep affordable housing commitments
A new policy that enables housing developers in the UK to step around affordable housing commitments has come under fire.
News that housing developers are...
Clients under pressure: CDM201X?
Following on from the proposed changes to the CDM Regulations from the HSE, David Carr, MD of Callsafe Services Ltd examines whether the client is...
Putting the spark into Part P
Phil Buckle, Director General of the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) reviews the changes to Part P of the building regulations and their impact.
Part P...
Approved Document J
Part J is concerned with all heat producing appliances that could produce health and safety hazards such as fire, explosion and carbon monoxide poisoning....