Jobsworths and the Media – You Can’t Fight Common Sense!
We’ve all heard the stories. Jobsworths using health and safety as an excuse to make daft decisions for their own reasons, because they’re scared of getting sued, they’ve just got…
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First Aid on Construction Sites – Do You Meet these 3 Requirements?
First Aid on Construction Sites – Do You Meet these 3 Requirements? Unfortunately, accidents happen to even the very safest of us, especially on construction sites. It’s just a high…
13 Ways You’re at Risk from Lead
13 Ways You’re at Risk from Lead Lead, one of the oldest metals known to man, is right up there among the top of construction work health dangers. It’s just…
The 9 Most Dangerous Common Building Materials (Part 2)
The 9 Most Dangerous Common Building Materials (Part 2) Here’s the second part of our guide to the 9 most common dangerous materials you’ll find on building sites around the…
Builders Beware – The 7 Places You Find Asbestos
Builders Beware – The 7 Places You Find Asbestos You don’t want to be one of the 86 tradesmen and workers who die every single week from asbestos in the…
The 9 Most Dangerous Common Building Materials (Part 1)
Avoid these Dangerous Building Materials Like it or not, in construction we’ve got to deal with hazardous materials daily. Every building in the world has them buried somewhere within! A…
Health and Safety Outrage Strikes Again
Health and Safety media driven news Two ‘Elf n Safety’ issues have hit the headlines again this week, sparking public outrage. Both stories have implications and lessons for other businesses…
Quick Guide to Carbon Monoxide – Keep Your Workers Breathing Easy
Carbon Monoxide Safety guidelines A few weeks ago a gas engineer in Suffolk was sentenced to 18 months behind bars because he didn’t service a gas-fired heater correctly. The next…
The Perfect Construction Site – Your 12 Must-Have Products, Processes & Construction Procedures
Construction Procedures and Processes Here’s a checklist for you. The HSE’s 12 products, processes and procedures any super-safe site should have. In previous posts we looked at the HSE’s ‘Red…
Time To Think Health not Just Safety – For the Construction Sector
Construction Sector – Think Health as much as Safety As we talked about last month, the HSE found one in six UK construction sites unsafe in their surprise spot checks a…
Architects – How Much Money is BIM Saving You?
Is Building Information Modelling making its Mark? BIM is booming in construction. Contractors expect the percentage of their work that uses BIM to increase by 50% on average over the…
Your Simple Guide to Building Information Modelling in Construction (and BIM Maturity Levels)
As Building Information Modelling (BIM) sweeps through construction and architecture in the UK and around the world, it’s making quite a splash. The dynamic generated digital models of building and…
