CIP updates H&S Manual

CIP’s Construction Health and Safety Manual has been updated.  The latest amendment pack includes over 150 pages of updates throughout the Manual, covering GDPR, the health sections and full details of the NASC’sTG30 ‘A comprehensive guide to system scaffolding’  and much more.

Written by Health and Safety Directors and Advisors who represent a wide cross section of the UK’s leading construction companies and clients, this Construction Health and Safety Manual (CIP) aims to provide construction companies working in the UK with a useful and pragmatic tool to help them comply with their legal duties and to improve the way health and safety issues are managed throughout the construction process.

CIP has continued its work with Build UK to ensure the Construction Health & Safety Manual includes industry recognised health and safety policies and standards.

To this end, CIP works with Build UK Contractor, Professional Services and Trade Associations Members, including, NASC, Bowmer & Kirkland, Morgan Sindall and BAM

This integrated approach aims to improve the knowledge and practices of those on site. Plus, it does this without duplicating information or publishing conflicting advice.

What does the latest update include?

• Updated guidance on Leading and lagging indicators
• Updated guidance on organisation structures and individuals – the roles and responsibilities of contractor personnel
• Update to CSCS Card information, H&S Inductions, and FAQs.
• A new section on the legal implications of GDPR
• Revised guidance on health monitoring, fitness for work and management of ill-health, record keeping and additional information on diabetes
• Drugs and Alcohol – New guidance on the development of workplace policies and data collection and management
• Mental Wellbeing -Updated throughout
• Mobile Plant and Transport -Updated guidance throughout with help from Construction Plant-Hire Association
• Work at Height – Revised and updated guidance on scaffolding and in the Appendix to take account of the NASC’s TG30
• Updated guidance on Crane Forks and Lifting Cages
• New guidance on heritage railways

Neil Rosiak, Member of the Drafting Panel and HSE Director of Build UK member Tilbury Douglas Construction, said:

“For good practical up to date advice on health and safety matters, the Construction H&S Manual is a must for everyone involved in construction. Working with Build UK will ensure it is even more relevant on a day-to-day basis as the ‘go to’ source of information for all things health and safety. It will also keep the manual up to date with industry practices and provide the more collaborative approach we all want.”

Subscriptions to the online Manual CIP Knowledge, start from £510 per annum for a single user, with the opportunity to take out a free one month’s trial. Hardcopies available here.