As the Government eases lockdown restrictions in England in a bid to restart the economy, some businesses are making their plans to re-open. The Government has issued a set of guidelines to ensure safe working, [read more…]
While many sectors more naturally aligned to remote working have adjusted to new working practices during Covid-19, the construction industry has come up against particular challenges. The very nature of the job meant that construction [read more…]
With the current pandemic, health and safety in the construction industry has never been so important. After analysing recent data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), Yorkshire Brickwork Contractors found that construction has a [read more…]
GetOnSite, an online induction software specialist for the construction industry, has seen a 250% increase in orders since lockdown began due to Covid-19. Managing Director, Sarah Fenwick says: “This is the new norm,” as she [read more…]
As work resumes on many shut-down construction sites this week, an engineering expert is urging plant hire companies and site managers to check that their onsite machinery’s health and safety certifications are up-to-date and valid. [read more…]
With figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealing that more than 28m working days were lost to musculoskeletal conditions in the UK in 2018*, protecting the physical wellbeing of employees has never been [read more…]
Leading engineering services sector bodies BESA and ECA have jointly developed two new guides to help contractors to manage Coronavirus-related issues on site. The new guides will be freely available to the wider industry during [read more…]
There is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic will radically alter how every sector operates in the months and years ahead and construction is no different. Here Damon Culbert from SMAS Worksafe, SSIP accreditation scheme [read more…]
In some much needed good news for the construction industry, it has been announced that the number of accidents and injuries recorded by NASC members fell to an all-time low in 2019, with just 74 [read more…]
CE Safety, the health and safety training provider, has submitted a Freedom of Information request to Welsh Fire & Rescue Service to find out the number of fires reported in the construction industry caused by [read more…]
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