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Fire safety in construction: Setting the agenda

Ryan Simmonds, Sales Director for Framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, explores the importance of only specifying framing materials that have been fire tested or assessed and the options available to the industry.

How to complete a fire risk assessment

With fire safety under the spotlight, Assessed Risk examines the key steps in carrying out a fire risk assessment that goes beyond box-ticking to ensure all bases are covered if the worst happens

Government pledges £100m to end homelessness by 2027

The government has released its rough sleeping strategy, vowing to offer rapid specialist assessments and support to 6,000 vulnerable people

Shell UK fined for health and safety breaches

Shell UK Ltd has been fined for health and safety breaches after a technician was struck by a cylinder and left severely injured on the Brent Delta offshore installation

What you need to know about installing fire detection and alarm systems

What do you need to know in order to safely and correctly install a fully functioning fire detection and alarm system in a building? A new qualification pathway from the Fire Industry Association aims to provide the answers

Self-employed worker fatalities ‘alarming’, says HCL Safety

Jonathan Seymour, Business Leader for HCL Safety, specialist sub-contractor in fall protection and part of MSA Safety, shares his view on the latest provisional statistics on fatalities at work by The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Protecting your building against fire: Fire safety and regulations

Roof Maker discuss the changes in fire regulations over time, and how you can ensure your building is protected.

Developer sentenced after building collapse

A Manchester-based property developer has been sentenced after the roof and part of the rear wall collapsed at one of his properties during demolition works

Building a safe and healthy workplace

Lloyd's Register looks into the new international standard for occupational health and safety, ISO 45001, which aims to prevent work-related injury and ill-health, and to provide a safe and healthy workplace.

Asbestos risk management: Identification, monitoring and removal

Asbestos may have been long since banned in the construction of new buildings but exposure to this hazardous material is still a very real risk for many working in the industry. Louise Hosking, director of Hosking Associates, looks at how to manage that risk

Contractor, client and director found guilty of breaching health and safety regulations

Real estate company and contractor have been convincted for breaching health and safety regulations for a building site on Gladesmore Road, London.

Fire safety in construction: Setting the agenda

Ryan Simmonds, Sales Director for Framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, explores the importance of only specifying framing materials and fire safety work including the many options available to the industry.

Mental health in construction

When you think about job site hazards, physical risks probably top the list. But what about the dangers you can’t see? Trimbol discusses mental health throughout the construction industry.

Construction safety in the heat

We all might think that working outdoors is ideal in the hot temperatures but there are a lot of dangers and hazards that come...

Kier receive £220k fine following roof fall

Kier has received a £200,000 fine following safety breaches that led to a subcontractor’s employee falling through a roof and suffering “life-changing” head injuries

BAM Nuttall to eliminate use of vibrating tools

Civil engineering contractor BAM Nuttall is set to eliminate the use of rock drills, scabblers and hand breakers on its projects by the end of the year

Working at height breaches up 13%, reports BSG

There has been a 13% rise in the number of Working at Height safety breaches recorded on construction sites, according to the Building Safety Group (BSG)

Construction worker fatalities rise by 27%

The number of fatalities among construction workers has increased by 27% to 38 in the year to March 2018, according to new figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

Government action plan to speed up removal of dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings

Secretary of State for Communities, Rt. Hon James Brokenshire MP has announced further plans to support councils as they work with owners of high-rise residentials blocks to remove unsafe cladding.

Construction boss banned after breaking multiple health and safety regulations

Michael Allen, a 64 year-old construction boss based in Ashbourne has been banned after failing to pay fines following multiple health and safety breaches.

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