Network Rail has been working with Atkins’ digital team to keep vegetation off the rails, reducing the need for the workforce to undertake on-foot inspections in the hazardous live railway environment. Denise Chevin reports.

Construction equipment on sites found to be breaching the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) increased by 40% during the first half of 2021, according to new findings.

Civil engineering contractor Dyer & Butler has trialled a remote-control breaker while excavating around an unidentified cable discovered at Heathrow Airport.

Peter Baker, the recently installed chief inspector of buildings at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), has welcomed the coming into effect of new planning requirements on fire safety.

Construction businesses will be urged to down tools temporarily in October to focus on the wellbeing of individual workers, particularly those affected by covid-19.

Trustmark, the government-endorsed quality scheme covering work in consumers’ homes, has urged tradespeople and homeowners to retain safe working measures when legally binding covid-19 restrictions end on 19 July.

Increasing air quality risks and a wave of impending legislation could change how the built environment sector operates, writes Helen Mitcheson

Two construction companies have been fined a total of £364,000 after a worker was seriously injured when part of an air conditioning plant fell on him while it was being lowered from a roof.

A builder has been jailed for 24 weeks for failing to report an accident on a site he was in charge of that resulted in a worker having his leg amputated.

Ahead of International Noise Awareness Day on 28 April, David Ford looks at the safeguards construction companies should take to prevent hearing loss among workers

Let’s promote health as well as safety across the building industry, says Emma Eden I graduated with a degree in construction management in 1998 and worked in construction management for…

Nearly 200 construction workers a year suffer from head injuries in Great Britain. CM, with MIPS, which focuses on reducing the risk of head injuries, asked a panel of health…

Alison Thewliss is chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Working at Height. She explains how the group aims to reduce injuries and fatalities in the sector.