In the most significant change to industrial helmet specifications for 30 years, the new EN 397:2025 Industrial Protective Helmet standard has been released. What’s new with EN 397:2025? EN 397:2025 brings key changes to performance, design and compatibility, plus several all-new requirements. Key changes Under the new EN 397:2025 standard, helmets will be assessed as […]
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC), published its Mental Health Joint Code of Practice (JCOP) back in June this year. The JCOP provides leaders and businesses, across the sector, with a framework to create an environment that fosters better mental health for their workforce. This work was spearheaded for the CLC by The Department for Business […]
Mates in Mind’s new digital training aiming to increase awareness and reduce suicide amongst sole traders and self-employed construction workers launched ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September. This prevention focused digital training has been designed to address the challenges of this hard-to-reach group of construction workers who are often most at risk […]
The BSI has published an updated version of PAS 9980, which sets out how to carry out a Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW) on existing blocks of flats. The latest version clarifies the risk‐based methodology for FRAEWs to ensure that remediation decisions are more consistent and proportionate to the risk presented by a […]
The Building Safety Levy came into operation on 1 October 2026, with the income it generates being used to fix building safety defects across England. The levy will be chargeable on residential developments resulting in at least 10 new dwellings and/or 30 new bedspaces in purpose‐built student accommodation and new residential floorspace. The levy will […]
Join a nationwide campaign this October, encouraging construction companies to pause work and focus on health, safety and wellbeing The Civil Engineering Contractors Association’s (CECA) ‘Stop. Make a Change‘ campaign has been running since 2017. This year, the campaign is shining a spotlight on 3 critical risks that continue to affect the civil engineering industry: […]
The newly published Good Plant Attachments Practices and Procurement Guide is a new good practice guide for the selection and use of plant attachments. The guide, developed by a working group of representatives from Tier 1 and 2 contractors, supports the specification, selection and use of fully compliant crane, excavator and forklift attachments to ensure […]
BS EN ISO 14001:2026 – Environmental management systems. Requirements with guidance for use Published in April 2026 and trusted by more than half a million organisations globally, the world’s leading Environmental Management Systems (EMS) standard has evolved to reflect today’s sustainability, compliance and resilience challenges. The 2026 edition ensures organisations of any size can embed […]
Reported in PBC Today back in July, a group of the world’s leading architecture companies have come together to develop the first global sustainability standard for the glass industry. In construction, manufacturers and users have developed sustainability standards for Steel, Cement, Aluminium and Timber, but so far Glass has been excluded. Glass can have an […]
The Prime Minister is to set out new plans to shut down the criminal gangs running illegal waste sites, as part of his pledge to bring hope back to Britain’s communities. Better use of drones, a bigger role for the police and the National Crime Agency, more Environment Agency officers on the frontline, and a steep rise in fines will deter, […]