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Incomplete building safety systems put roofing company in court
When you carry out the required risk assessments and method statements of today’s building safety scene, you must do more than tick the boxes or be satisfied with having written the words....
CDM shakeup expected as HSE consults
The Construction (Design & Management) ‘CDM’ Regulations have not been without their critics since they were introduced in 2007.
Some feel that they hav...
Excavator strikes live cable and endangers construction workers
One of the key issues for any building safety expert is to ensure that existing services on site have been recorded and mapped, and that workers are made aware of them in detail. This case...
Three roofers seen using no safety protection
Even on a 2-storey domestic building, the height of the roof and the pitch of it are enough to make this a very dangerous place on which to work. Building health and safety regulations are very...
Construction Safety under the spotlight – at the Games
In normal times, building safety is a specific sub-sector of the health & safety scene, though a fairly high profile one due to its relatively high incidence of accidents (albeit less than in...