What's New

Widely used in the waste and recycling sector, wheeled loading shovels have been involved in nine fatal vehicle-pedestrian collisions in the past four years. Six of these occurred in the waste and recycling sector, with the remainder when moving wood chip.

The Scottish Government has published its Heat in Buildings Strategy, which sets out the pathway for cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from homes and buildings across the country by more than two-thirds by 2030.

One of the UK’s largest trade unions has surveyed its health and safety representatives to learn more about the issues members are facing in their workplaces.

As the Prime Minister continues to insist that while the number of Covid infections is “high”, it is in line with predictions, unions representing millions of public and customer-facing workers have come together to urge immediate action.

A scaffolding company has been fined after a worker was fatally electrocuted whilst operating a lorry-mounted crane.

According to the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), Balfour Beatty has shone a light on the future of construction by launching its roadmap towards a zero carbon construction site.

The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) has developed, in collaboration with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a free, online ventilation tool to help limit the transmission of Covid-19 in workplaces.

The Home Office has published a summary of the responses to the consultation, launched back in 2019 by the then Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), on proposals for what it described as a radically new building and fire safety system in England.

A Bradford-based construction company has been fined £16,000 for breaches of health and safety law after employees were exposed to asbestos.

The Construction Innovation Hub has recognised that assessing the performance of a building or other asset during the procurement, design and construction phase remains a significant challenge for the industry.