The Met Office has issued cold and icy weather alerts across large parts of the country, therefore construction employers are being reminded of their responsibilities to keep their workers safe as cold weather prevails across the UK.
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...
Andrew Leslie, Technical and Standards Manager at The Association for Project Safety provides clear guidelines as to who can be the Principal Designer to...
The Fire Industry Association outline how their new CEO, Ian Moore, will deliver the strategy set by the Association’s Board of Directors…
The Fire Industry...
From today, landlords will be required by law to install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their properties, under new government measures that have...
Louise Hosking, Director at Hosking Associates Ltd sheds light on how CDM2015 affects the homeowner and what they need to do to remain compliant…
The...
A self-employed heating engineer has been fined for failing to protect homeowners from the risk of asbestos…
Karl Locher, a self-employed heating engineer, has been...
A building contractor has been fined for failing to implement sufficient welfare facilities on a building site in Culcheth, Warrington…
Following an investigation by the...
Major safety failings captured by a member of the public on film have led to the prosecution of a scaffold firm…
Pearsons Scaffolding was prosecuted...
The Considerate Constructors Scheme has published a new initiative focusing on occupational cancers caused by working in the construction sector…
A new ‘Spotlight on…’ series...
A prestigious health and safety award has been granted to construction company Beard for the second consecutive year…
The Royal Society for the Prevention of...
Electrical Safety First’s campaign to make university students in Scotland aware of the risks of electrical fires gets underway as the new academic term...
An Association for Project Safety spokesperson defines how the CDM2015 Regulations apply in both maintenance work and self-build projects…
The HSE recently passed us some...
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...
An international engineering firm has been fined for failing to manage the risk of potentially fatal legionella bacteria developing…
Chromalloy UK Limited, which refurbishes turbine...
Electrical contractors have been warned to be aware of fake wiring guides being distributed…
The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) has warned electrical contractors...
