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Callsafe Services – Health and Safety
Health and safety legislation demands that safety procedures and safety plans are clearly documented. The Health and Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 requires...
Suicide kills more construction workers than falls
New research has revealed that suicide kills six times as many construction workers as falling from heights
FIA releases new course on fire safety signs and notices
The FIA has developed a new course aimed at helping the industry to understand fire safety signs and notices…
A new course aimed at raising...
Fine for plant hire company following serious injury to worker
A plant hire firm has been fined after a worker fell from a basket, sustaining serious injuries…
Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Limited has been fined for...
Firm fined for using equipment without training
A pipe manufacturing firm has been fined £200,000 for using vibrating tools without receiving the necessary training…
Asset International Limited has been fined after seven...
Mechanical handling equipment makes your workplace safer
Jess Penny, General Manager of Sales at lifting equipment specialist Penny Hydraulics, outlines how using mechanical handling equipment can increase your business’s productivity as...
Safety failings lead to fine for scaffold firm
A scaffold company has been fined following a routine health and safety inspection, which highlighted major safety issues…
OW Scaffolding has received a fine for...
Penalty issued over fatal excavation incident
A major contractor has been fined £2.6m after a worker was killed due to excavation failings…
The death of an employee on site has led...
An FM Perspective of BIM in Healthcare
Stephen Bartlett, CEO of Invigilatis discusses how BIM is approached by FM in healthcare
The journey/vision
Given the government’s imminent deadline (end 2016) for Level 2 BIM, new...
Fall through roof leaves man with life changing injuries
A scaffolder who fell through a fragile roof has suffered significant life changing injuries that left him unable to talk or move…
Hemel Hempstead Scaffolding...
Security in the BIM world
Anthony Burd Head of Sector – Construction, and Kieran Parkinson, Market Development Manager for the Built Environment at BSI, outline best practice for managing security when utilising BIM
Security in the BIM world
Anthony Burd Head of Sector – Construction, and Kieran Parkinson, Market Development Manager for the Built Environment at BSI, outline best practice for managing...
Management of fire safety
The Chief Fire Officers Association give an overview of how fire safety management is integral to reducing fire hazards within public buildings…Â
Many of us...
Ensuring fire safety
Association for Specialist Fire Protection CEO Wilf Butcher explains the vital role played by passive fire protection within buildings, and outlines issues that must...
Functional Durability – BS 7543:2015
Stephanie Kosandiak, Lead Programme Manager at BSI and Kathryn Bourke, Technical Author of building components durability standard, BS 7543 discuss its fit with service...
Invigilatis: An FM Perspective of BIM in Healthcare
The journey/vision
Given the government’s imminent deadline (end 2016) for Level 2 BIM, new and exciting ways of working will soon be available to NHS...
Ensuring fire safety
Association for Specialist Fire Protection CEO Wilf Butcher explains the vital role played by passive fire protection within buildings, and outlines issues that must...
Demolition firm fined for fall
A Glasgow-based demolition firm has been fined after a worker fell from a mobile scaffolding platform, sustaining serious injuries …
DSR Demolition Limited has been...
An FM Perspective of BIM in Healthcare
Given the government’s imminent deadline (end 2016) for Level 2 BIM, new and exciting ways of working will soon be available to NHS Estates...
PROFILE: CDM 2015 – Don’t be a busy fool
SME builders worried about the revised Construction Design Management (CDM) 2015 regulations are being advised to use HBXL’s Health & Safety Xpert software to...
PROFILE: Health and safety training
Over 25 years providing effective and efficient health and safety advice and training to the construction industry and others…
Callsafe Services Limited has been providing...
Visibility from earth-moving machinery – how is it looking?
Malcolm Kent, Technical Consultant to the Construction Equipment Association examines the progress on a new standard for machine visibility, and the complications that are...
The potential pitfalls of brownfield redevelopment
With the country in the grip of a housing shortage, combined with the Government’s target of building 200,000 new homes each year, brownfield sites...
Construction firm fined for employee death
A construction and joinery firm has been fined following the fatal accident of one of its employees…
A firm has been fined £10,000, with costs...
Health and safety paperwork causes fear, anxiety or irritation
Chair of the Health and Safety Executive said paperwork has become a bugbear for those undertaking risk assessments and does not fall in line...
PROFILE: Responsible Person Duty of Care for Fire Protection
It is the responsibility of public and commercial property owners to ensure that fire protection is suitable to protect staff, clients and property. It...