Making your construction site safe in 2020
By Lauren Gladding, Self Storage sales & marketing manager
CONSTRUCTION is one of the most dangerous industries in the UK to work in. According to...
Contractor embarks on 100-day fitness challenge
GRAHAM is helping its staff get fit for summer after launching a ‘100 Day Challenge’ initiative.
Introduced as part of the company’s health and wellbeing...
Covid-19 surface testing helps businesses reassure returning staff
SAFEGROUP, an emergency soft FM service provider, has launched a Covid-19 disinfection and testing service to help businesses safely return to work.
The organisation's three-step...
Linear Group acquires stake in fire safety consultancy
LINEAR Group has acquired a stake in fire safety consultancy Kyle Management Solutions, to create Linear Fire Safety (LFS).
Based in the group’s Glasgow HQ, the...
Safety guide published for apprentices returning to college
THE Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has helped develop a new set of guidelines designed to keep staff and apprentices safe in Scotland's colleges...
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...
Importance of regulating electrical sector discussed on podcast
ALAN Wilson has warned that there are 'no second chances' with electrical safety as the SELECT MD continues the call for the regulation of...
New department opens up avenues
HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has been operating its health and safety department for two years and is thrilled with the development of these...
Glasgow firm fined £150,000 following fatal gas explosion
A Glasgow-based asbestos removal firm has been fined £150,000 after a worker was fatally injured and another seriously injured in a gas explosion.
Hamilton Sheriff...
Scottish business runs first onsite trials of exoskeleton suits
THE UK’s first live trial to test the effectiveness of exoskeleton suits in a working factory environment is being run by Kenoteq – the...
Construction industry urged to deliver ‘rapid response’ attitude to mental health issues
ALASTAIR Wallace, senior partner at Thomas & Adamson, has called for a ‘rapid response’ attitude to mental health issues in the construction industry.
As the...
New tool could help indoor spaces be designed to reduce spread of Covid-19
THE University of Glasgow is developing a tool capable of predicting the spread of airborne droplets in a bid to help indoor spaces be...
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...
Contractor adopts active hearing protection mandate
GALLIFORD Try’s Highways business has implemented a new mandate requiring all of its sites to adopt active hearing protection from July.
The measure will become...
Drax teams up with charity to improve wellbeing support for rural workers
CHARITY Change Mental Health has announced a new partnership with renewable energy company Drax to embed mental health learning into the workplace while building...
UK Government launches consultation on single construction regulator plans
THE UK Government has launched a consultation on the introduction of a single construction regulator, based on recommendations of the Grenfell Inquiry.
The new regulator...
New alliance helps electrical firms carry out risk assessments
SELECT has offered its members a new tool to help with producing risk assessment information and guidance.
The electricians’ trade body in Scotland confirmed it...
Major governance overhaul strengthens scaffolding and access training
THE National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has announced the creation of a new independent sector representative organisation (SRO).
The organisation said that the launch...
Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line set for vital rockfall prevention works
NETWORK Rail engineers are to deliver safety-critical engineering works on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line later this month.
The four-day project, from January 29 until...
HS2 project to mandate new hearing protection policy
COSTAIN-Skanska joint venture (CSjv) is unveiling a new hearing protection policy across all of its HS2 enabling works construction sites.
Smart tech company Eave's hearing...
