The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has warned that external panic or emergency exit door sets are being supplied to the construction market without the necessary third-party certification.

The Considerate Constructors Scheme’s Alex Minett looks at how construction project managers can implement continuous improvement in health and safety on site.

Construction companies have been warned about using guidance generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to comply with lifting and work equipment regulations.

Farrans Sacyr, a partnership of CIOB chartered company Farrans, has reached 1m hours without a health and safety incident on the main works of the Belfast Grand Central Station project.

Mark Keily, chair of IPAF’s International Safety Committee, explores the latest safety trends and explains why accident reporting has never been more important.

Alex Minett from the Considerate Constructors Scheme explains how to ensure welfare facilities are suitable, hygienic, and well-maintained.

A South Wales renovation company has been £40,000 and ordered to pay almost £6,000 in costs after defying enforcement notices from the HSE.

Construction professionals must keep up to date with the hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries, a building safety organisation has cautioned.

A train derailment in Surrey last year was caused by maintenance workers leaving a redundant rail across the tracks.

Network Rail has been fined £3.75m and ordered to pay costs of £175,000 after the deaths of two track workers in 2019.

A new book by CIOB fellow and ambassador Professor Michael Parrett, a distinguished expert in building pathology, is now available.

For more than 20 years, BOA® technology has been at the forefront of innovation, continually developing and enhancing the BOA® Fit System to redefine precision fit and elevate performance.

Nuclear power station operator EDF and engineer Trillium Flow Services Ltd have been fined a combined £633,333 after a scaffolder was seriously injured by a falling two-tonne counterweight at the Dungeness B plant.

Powered Access looks at how the ‘Crushing Can Kill’ campaign is addressing safety issues and providing robust guidance for the international community

The use of MEWPs remains one of the safest ways to work at height. But if a crushing incident occurs, a comprehensive emergency plan is essential for a safe and swift rescue

CIOB has finalised its Health Safety and Wellness Advisory Panel (HS&W).

The Association for Project Safety has launched an election manifesto with five key demands, describing them as “essential life savers”.

With accidents and fatalities on the rise, Brenig Moore provides a reminder of how construction should be managing workplace hazards.