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25 Apr 2012
The Building Control Alliance (BCA) have been made aware, by DCLG, that there are suggestions that Approved Document (AD) B - Fire safety,...
11 Apr 2012
A building firm from Stratford-upon-Avon has been prosecuted after a worker suffered severe injuries when he fell from a damaged scaffolding plank at...
11 Apr 2012
A change to the rules on reporting workplace injuries will save British firms thousands of hours completing official paperwork.
11 Apr 2012
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 came into force on 6 April 2012, updating previous asbestos regulations to take account of the European...
11 Apr 2012
Each year, the UK holds a number of large "events" including sports, musical and corporate events. These events require extensive provision of...
11 Apr 2012
HSE has published a consultative document seeing views on proposals to remove fourteen legislative measures. HSE believes these are either...
11 Apr 2012
Nearly one in five construction sites fail safety checks in a national initiative carried out during February and March 2012.
06 Mar 2012
In 2011 the Chartered Institute of Building undertook a survey of its members to investigate health and safety within the construction industry.
27 Feb 2012
HSE asked HSL to gather supporting evidence as to whether or not water miscible MWFs pose a Legionella infection risk and whether a Legionella risk...
27 Feb 2012
Construction sites are being put under the spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health.