CIP’s Construction Health and Safety Manual has been updated, and the amendments are now available. They continue their work with Build UK Members to ensure the Construction Health & Safety and Environmental manuals include industry recognised health, safety and environmental policies and standards. To this end, CIP works with both Build UK Contractor and Trade […]
A house builder has been fined more than £300,000 after a driver was crushed to death by falling concrete blocks at a construction site in South Lanarkshire. Conor Joseph Morgan had been delivering materials to a site in High Blantrye being operated by Avant Homes (Scotland) Limited when the incident happened on 19 April 2017. […]
A charitable trust has been fined after a volunteer lost his life during restoration work on the Wilts and Berks Canal. Peter Konitzer was fatally crushed when a section of a wall collapsed onto him in an excavation at Pewsham locks on 24 August 2016. The 62-year-old had been inside the excavation removing temporary propping […]
Back in July, Build UK published an updated version of the Common Assessment Standard. This is Version 4, which has been streamlined following the withdrawal of PAS 91 and updated to include a new Building Safety section, ensuring the Common Assessment Standard can be used to demonstrate companies have the organisational capability to fulfil their […]
Latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive reveal that 51 construction workers died following accidents during the year to March 31 2024. The figure is an increase on the previous year’s total of 47 and the five-year average for fatal injuries in the sector which stands at 42. The HSE said: “While the number […]
In March this year Drager surveyed 750 employees and 250 managers at UK organisations employing more than 50 people. It found 94% of respondents felt the 1974 Health & Safety at Work Act, which is celebrating its 50th year anniversary, should be overhauled, to account for changing workplaces and different working styles. Here are the […]
Balfour Beatty has become the first Tier One contractor to mandate human recognition cameras on certain items of plant and machinery across all its UK operations. According to the latest Work-related fatal injuries report by the Health and Safety Executive, the construction sector continues to account for the greatest number of workers involved in fatal […]
CSCS is seeking views from industry on proposed changes to CSCS Labourer, Trainee and Provisional cards, including reducing the validity of an individual’s first Labourer Card from five to two years, and on the transition to digital cards which are stored on a smartphone. The deadline to submit a response is Friday 16 August
Hull based construction firm, Hobson & Porter, and long-time subscriber of the CIP Construction Health and Safety Manual, has achieved international certification through the British Standards Institute (BSI) for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS), which underscores the company’s dedication to creating a safe and healthy work environment for all employees and stakeholders. The […]
edie recently reported that the average British property investor has increased budgets for environmental sustainability improvements by 20% year-on-year, as business and domestic tenants alike demand lower-carbon buildings. This is a headline finding of new research from Handelsbanken, which surveyed 200 property investors across the country. More than nine in ten (92%) of those […]