News MPs seek action on ‘entirely preventable’ silicosis disease MPs want to see silica dust monitoring introduced and reclassification of chronic occupational lung disease silicosis as a notifiable disease.
News Company fined £146k after worker crushed to death Birch Brothers (Kidderminster) has been fined £146,000 after a joiner was crushed to death by a 20-tonne excavator.
News Building Safety Regulator laying ethical foundations The new Building Safety Regulator is consulting on two documents laying out professional ethics. The BSR was set up following the Grenfell tragedy and will be operating as part of…
News Scottish firm fined £80k after fatal electrical explosion A Scottish firm has been fined £80,000 after a man died following an electrical explosion due to poorly maintained apparatus.
News Court ruling on charges brings hope for high-rise leaseholders A win for leaseholders on overcharging could bring relief to high-rise home owners caught up in the building safety crisis following the Grenfell tragedy.
News CIOB backs member’s campaign to change fire regs for care homes FCIOB calls for change to safety regulations governing care homes after mother-in-law’s death in fire. Will Mann reports.
Technical ‘Why are care homes not higher-risk buildings?’ FCIOB Steven Miles and his wife Claire have been campaigning to change the regulations on fire safety in care homes.
Opinion Mould death highlights Approved Document F failings Chronic exposure to mould led to the tragic death of toddler Awaab Ishak. Steve Hodgson argues that tougher enforcement of Approved Document F is required.
News Suspended sentence for building firm director after fatal wall crush A building company director has received a suspended prison sentence and a property development company a £100,000 fine after a wall fatally crushed a labourer.
News Work at height regulations at risk of being scrapped The government could scrap the UK’s Work at Height Regulations at the end of 2023 unless campaigners can convince ministers to retain them.
News Asbestos ‘timebomb’ for hospitals, schools and homes Managers of buildings including schools, hospitals and social housing should urgently review their management plans amid fears that asbestos left in buildings as “safe” could now be in a damaged state.
Opinion Four ways to foster psychological safety in construction What is psychological safety? Alex Minett explains the concept and looks at how it could improve health and safety in the construction workplace
CIOB Community, News Fresh thinking on quality from an Australian building commissioner Once-in-a-generation reforms to the construction industry in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) will mean that students in the sector in 2030 will look back on buildings built in 2016-17 and ask themselves “did we really stoop to that level”?
News Demolition firm prosecuted after 20-year-old labourer crushed A demolition company has been fined and one of its directors ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work after a 20-year-old labourer narrowly escaped death when she was crushed between an excavator and a fuel tank.
CIOB Community Psychosocial hazards tool tackles construction mental health A new psychosocial hazards tool developed by Australian academics could help construction address its mushrooming mental health problem.
News More than 100,000 UK buildings still need ‘extensive asbestos remediation’ More than 100,000 UK buildings still need “extensive asbestos remediation”, according to the Asbestos Testing and Consultancy association and the National Organisation of Asbestos Consultants.
News Musculoskeletal disorders at root of more than half of all construction illness Musculoskeletal disorders are responsible for more than half (53%) of all work-related ill health cases in construction.
News Suspended prison sentence for director after worker’s fatal fall The sole director of a Wakefield roofing company has received a suspended prison sentence, after a subcontractor died when he fell 12m through a skylight.
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