Lilly Richardson works in Skanska’s occupational health team. Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, she explains why mental health first aiders are central to the company’s wellbeing policy.

Police have handed the investigation into the death of a slinger signaller at Gatwick Airport earlier this summer over to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Marius Badiou died on…

What are the key changes concerning structural design and construction that the Building Safety Act brings in? Simon King explains

Two construction company employees have received suspended prison sentences, and two companies were fined, after an 18-year-old construction worker died working on a site.

A Devon-based company has received an £80,000 fine after an employee fell through a stairwell while working on a barn conversion.

Dazzling sun was a factor in a serious road-rail vehicle collision last year in Essex, but it could have been prevented said investigators.

Many football clubs in England’s top two tiers are considering introducing safe standing, following a government ruling this summer. Beth Thompson and Gary Lewis look at the Sports Ground Safety Authority guidance that designers and constructors will have to follow.

A new HAVS system accurately records and monitors exposure to hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and whole-body vibration (WBV) to protect the workforce.

In a collaboration led by the Tideway super sewer project, immersive theatre-based health and safety training has raised standards and expectations.

A civil engineering company has received a £600,000 fine after a seven-year-old boy became trapped and suffocated on a construction site.

The government has launched a consultation, which proposes a scheme of charges to clients and construction firms for the services of the new Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

Eurovia digitised its health and safety practices after a trial with Paperless Construction, helping the pair to win the Digital Innovation in Health, Safety & Wellbeing category.

The government has published two sets of consultations, seeking construction’s views on implementing new building control measures and changes to building regulations.

Employers need to make sure indoor workplaces remain a “reasonable” temperature, although there is no maximum temperature for workplaces in Great Britain.

Turner & Townsend has launched an embodied carbon calculator that enables clients to evaluate the carbon footprint of projects from an early design stage through to practical completion of the construction process.

Two construction contractors have received fines totalling £135,000, while one was handed a suspended prison sentence, following the death of a roofer.

The number of deaths in the construction sector fell by 25% to 30 in 2021/22, down from 40 the previous year.

Skanska is to ban lorry loaders fitted with certain types of stabiliser legs from its UK sites, amid a warning on safety.