Articles tagged with "health and safety"
Self employed building contractors excluded from H&S legislation easing
Professor Lofstedt’s very influential review of Health and Safety legislation, endorsed by the Coalition Government, has set off a train of legislative changes that are now going through...
Construction company ignore structural engineers resulting in bad fall
Surrey-based Landmark Groundworks have just been heavily fined in court because they ignored the design proposals of two structural engineers: if they had followed their guidance, it is likely...
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...
HSE Swoop on Construction Sites
On 3rd July, contractors were subjected to an unannounced spot inspection by HSE Inspectors, covering 22 building sites in North-East London’s North Hackney and the South Tottenham area...
HSE’s new Intervention Charging System – Ouch!
We have written in this column before about the forthcoming HSE charging system FFI (Fees For Intervention), championed by Government as a way of offsetting the reduction in the HSE budget. FFI...