The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced details of its proposals to simplify the  mandatory reporting of workplace injuries, which are due to be introduced in October. The changes…

Howard Shiplee FCIOB was appointed as a non-executive director of the board of the Health and Safety Executive this week, in a move no doubt intended to help ensure the…

Sarah Albon The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has appointed Sarah Albon as its new chief executive. Albon will replaced acting chief executive David Snowball, who has held the post…

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to reduce hearing loss and hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) on construction sites.

Housebuilder St James and specialist contractor Lindner Prater have been fined £1.3m after a window unit fell on a luxury development and killed a coach driver. Mick Ferris, 53, was…

A telehandler operator has been handed a suspended prison sentence after reversing over a colleague on a Cheshire construction site, causing fatal injuries.

The extension compromised gas safety and put the lives of the homeowner and her two children at risk.

Building safety reform is quietly shifting the industry from point-in-time certification to continuous compliance, argues Gary Ng of viAct.

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) says its work target work supporting NHS projects through Gateway 2 is paying off with approvals outperforming its overall rate in the last three months.…

Contractors are calling for industry wide protocols to be introduced for working in heatwaves to reduce risks for site teams.

Two construction workers died in falls on sites in London and Birmingham in successive days last week.

A property management company has been fined and its director given a suspended sentence after a teenage apprentice was killed while working on a property in North Wales.

Sheeting acted like a sail, making the tower scaffold topple and injure two people seriously.

The recipient of the CIOB Paul Dockerill Award Dr Scott McGibbon has completed his research into and tool kits for silica dust.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has reported strong membership growth, expanding digital services and increasing influence across the built environment sector as it delivered against the ambitions set out in its 2023-2028 corporate plan.

Safety body responds to Climate Change Committee’s report on UK climate risk which suggests a maximum temperature regulation.

James Huckstep on the legislation that has changed the landscape of building safety.

Willmott Dixon, Morson Group and CarmichaelUK are among the construction companies providing work opportunities to learners from a skills bootcamp at Sizewell C. The Introduction to Construction Skills Bootcamps connects…