Sep 29, 2021 | ADVICE & TIPS, Construction dust
The HSE will be sending out their Inspectors out to construction site across Great Britain for a month long campaign commencing on the 4th October 2021. They will be targeting the issue of construction dust (including silica, asbestos and wood), and looking at what...
May 6, 2021 | Achilles, ADVICE & TIPS, CDM, CHAS, Construction Safety, Constructionline, Prequalification
We help contractors get their third party accreditations such as CHAS, Constructionline, Achilles etc. and what has always struck us is that it can be an utter waste of time and money when our clients have to be assessed against all of them because their clients only...
Mar 5, 2020 | ADVICE & TIPS, CDM
As we have mentioned previously, falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of workplace fatalities and major injuries. Investigations by the HSE into falls from height are in the news on a regular basis, and the conclusion is usually that the accident could...
Feb 17, 2020 | ADVICE & TIPS
We’ve been talking a lot recently about falls from height and the ways you can reduce the risks that come from working at height. I’m sure there are still many of you out there who are of the opinion that it won’t happen to them. Or maybe you...
Jan 5, 2020 | ADVICE & TIPS
Falls from height remain one of the biggest causes of workplace fatalities and major injuries. This could be anything from over-reaching or over-balancing to falls into inspection pits or holes, and falls from machinery, scaffolding or into tanks. Other possible...
Jan 3, 2020 | ADVICE & TIPS, BLOG
Avoiding hazards on site is much easier when they can be seen which is why it is important that every construction site is well lit, either by natural lighting or artificial methods. Internal lighting is required to allow general movement around site as well as to...
