Construction

Unions and HSE leaders clashed over the enforcement of COVID guidance at work last week – IOSH magazine was there to report on it.

Climar Scaffolding has been fined £15,000 after scaffolding collapsed at Coventry Skydome.

The owners of a banqueting venue must pay £15k after ceiling collapsed at school celebration

Builders urged to secure sites to save lives

The director of a construction firm has received a six-month custodial sentence, suspended for 24 months, for failing to plan the lifting of roof trusses.

Registrations are now being taken for the Building Safety Fund, the £1billion pot of money pledged by the government in the March Budget announcement.

At last, change comes to the sector, led by a surge in urban population and streamlined by technology.

The failure to properly plan and appropriately supervise work at height has led to a £60,000 fine for a Basingstoke roofing firm.

The government has announced that a new building safety regulator will be established as part of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

The new courses, one designed for construction site managers and the other for workers, have been introduced by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the global chartered body for professionals responsible for worker protection.Safety, Health and Environment for Construction Site Managers provides those in charge of projects with the ability to implement strategies designed to ensure workers and the environment aren't harmed by projects.