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...
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...
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...
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...
