Roofing contractor shows support for World Menopause Awareness Month
ROOFING contractor BriggsAmasco has shown its commitment to World Menopause Awareness Month by hosting a course for female staff to gain a better understanding...
Housing association trainee named Covid Workplace Champion
KINGDOM Housing Association is celebrating after health & safety trainee Fern Barclay was crowned a Covid Workplace Champion by the Royal Society for the...
Callendar site honoured for safety and design features
AN affordable housing development near Callendar has been recognised for the safety of the site’s Covid-19 arrangements, relationship with neighbouring businesses and the use...
Scottish Government pledges £20m to speed up cladding remediation
THE Scottish Government has announced further funding of £20 million to speed up actions to make the country's buildings safe from dangerous cladding.
Publishing update...
Virtual conference to address mental health issues in construction
THE Association for Project Safety (APS) has announced that moves to improve mental health in the construction sector will be highlighted during a one-day conference...
Barratt praised for effectiveness of safety measures
BARRATT Developments has revealed it has been certified by the British Safety Council for the quality of its Covid-19 policies and procedures.
Following the business...
Construction Industry Coronavirus Forum urges sector to use face coverings properly
THE Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum is urging the sector's workforce to wear face coverings properly.
The call follows the news that, as things stand,...
Breaking new ground
GROUNDFORCE Shorco recently sent a team, led by Scottish regional sales director Richard Cherrie, to a groundworks health and safety event in Aberdeen.
The one-day...
First developer in Scotland signs for cladding remediation
PERSIMMON Homes is to fund and complete essential cladding work in buildings for which it is responsible for, after becoming the first developer in...
Engineers determine cause of historic Garmouth Viaduct collapse
INITIAL inspections of the Garmouth Viaduct have confirmed that its collapse appears to be due to scour, Moray Council engineers have said.
The viaduct, which...
Virtual conference to address ‘silent crisis’ of poor mental health in construction
POOR mental health in the construction sector needs 'urgent action', according to Association for Project Safety (APS) president-elect, Ray Bone.
Speaking ahead of the APS’s...
Clark Contracts’ continued health and safety excellence recognised
CLARK Contracts has been awarded a fourth consecutive Order of Distinction at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)’s Health and Safety...
SELECT releases new safety video on neutral current diversion
SELECT has continued its awareness campaign on the issue of neutral current diversion (NCD) by releasing a new guidance video designed to help keep...
Keeping schools safe in hygiene-critical times
David Hockley, area technical manager at SIKA, explains why he believes resin is the ideal flooring to help with stringent safey standards in schools
COVID-19...
Site bosses urged to plan ahead to mitigate extreme weather risks
AGGREKO is urging construction managers to act to protect site productivity and worker welfare as extreme heat increasingly becomes the norm on building sites.
The...
Firm fined £80,000 after worker is seriously injured at Highland wind farm
A wind farm management services firm has been fined £80,000 after a worker at a site near Inverness was seriously injured by an electrical...
Calls made for building regulations to address spread of airborne pathogens
A group of experts in the transmission of airborne pathogens have called for a tightened regulatory system to control air quality in buildings.
The proposals...
Green light for 48 new Linlithgow apartments
MacTaggart & Mickel has been granted planning permission to build 48 new apartments on a brownfield site at a former petrol filling station in Linlithgow.
Managing health and safety risks of outdoor working this summer
By Kevin Rowe, MD of SafetyBuyer.com
AS the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ease, construction firms will be looking forward to completing their...
Housebuilder returns with Home Safe campaign for Scots schoolchildren
MILLER Homes has announced the return of its Home Safe campaign this autumn, aimed at keeping children safe on their way to and from...
