Articles tagged with "CDM"
Principal Contractor blamed for platform collapse
In construction safety terms, it is not just the letter of the health and safety regulations that matter, but how they are put into practice. Here is a case where they were not.
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Dangerous arch collapses during renovation
Sometimes the best-laid plans of people working at a site are insufficient to prevent a breach of construction safety, and a dangerous incident results. This is one such case.
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Major collapse of central London refurbishment site
The devastated site that you see below is the remains of a big project in London’s Fulham Road, after two buildings came down suddenly over a weekend in January 2011. The case has now come to...
Public blow the whistle on unsafe contractors
In these columns we often report on construction safety problem cases where a Health and Safety Executive Inspector visits a site and uncovers wrongdoing. This case is more unusual in that a...
CDM Regulations helped London 2012 Olympics, says Report
All those appointed as, or using, CDM Co-ordinators will be interested to read the recently-issued Research Report carried out by Frontline Consultants for the HSE and the Institute o...