The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) has raised concerns about the lack of asbestos training in the construction industry that has been undertaken since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the re-opening of construction [read more…]
Overuse or repetitive motion injuries have become a frequent occurrence in the workplace and it is why ensuring good musculoskeletal health has become such an important issue for workers. These musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) cost construction [read more…]
The publication of a new government bill that promises the biggest shake up of building safety in 40 years has been welcomed by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). The draft Building Safety Bill includes [read more…]
After over 100 days of lockdown, Partner, Jon Cooper, and managing associate, Ashley Borthwick, at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson look at the measures construction businesses can implement to safely ease the transition back to [read more…]
According to Digging Up Britain 2020, 71% of all digging work that takes place in the UK is now preceded by a thorough search for pipes and cables. The report by LSBUD, which provides a [read more…]
As the easing of lockdown measures continues, the Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum in Scotland, of which the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is a key member, has launched a new social media campaign urging [read more…]
As government advice urged anyone unable to work from home to return to their job, construction employees across the UK have faced challenges as they began to trickle back to their positions. Here Jayne Harrison, [read more…]
British acoustic measurement instrumentation manufacturer, Cirrus Research, has developed a new package that will help businesses and organisations mitigate the risks of returning to work during the Covid-19 pandemic, in turn helping the country to [read more…]
Specialist supplier AEI Cables is asking for further guidance on the application of new measures which make sprinkler systems mandatory in all new high-rise blocks over 11 metres high. The government announced an amendment to [read more…]
National framework organisation Pagabo has entered into a partnership with health technology brand Moodbeam to look after and promote the wellbeing of everyone working on projects in the built environment through the use of wearable [read more…]
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