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Please be aware that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is carrying out spot checks and inspections on all types of businesses in all areas to ensure they are COVID-secure. Inspectors will make COVID-secure checks as part of their normal role in visiting workplaces during the pandemic. The HSE will also be working with approved

An impressive and very professional video posted today by one of our members, Greencore Construction, about Carbon Negative Houses. The vid was recorded on a BSG site in Oxfordshire.  

The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported an 84% increase in the number of ‘Working at Height’ breaches occurring on construction sites during the first quarter of 2021. BSG’s latest figures were obtained following 4300 independent site inspections that took place between 1st January and 31st March this year. BGS’s report is a cause for concern as

Following ongoing investment into BSG’s service provision, the Board of Directors (who are all BSG members) have decided to increase annual subscriptions to £102 per person. The increase, effective from 1st June 2021, follows expenditure on new functionality for the BSG Hub which is now used by over 2200 users UK wide. We have also

Companies must renew their SMSTS & SSSTS certificates by 30th April 2021 at the very latest if their existing certificates expired after 1st October last year. Operatives whose certificates expired before the 1st October 2020 will be required to join a full SSSTS/SMSTS course, rather than the refresher equivalent. If this applies to your business, we would encourage you to book staff affected on to

Companies must renew their First Aid certificates by 31st March 2021 at the very latest if their existing certificates expired after 1st October last year. If this applies to  your business, we would encourage you to book staff affected on to a course as soon as possible to ‘beat the rush’. Please find below a list of

We are pleased to confirm that all BSG Classroom based training will continue to run during the current lockdown period alongside our online remote training courses. Please remain assured that all BSG classroom training is provided within a COVID secure environment in accordance with UK Government guidelines. The following courses are available to book at BSG: CITB TEMPORARY WORKS SUPERVISOR (1 DAY) CITB

The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported a 23% rise in the number of dust breaches occurring on construction sites. BSG’s report was based on 9000 independent site inspections conducted over a 6 month period from June to November 2020. Two periods were compared which revealed the increase. Between June and August there were 209

Following notifications from the relevant industry bodies, BSG can confirm that it will continue to run all classroom and remote training courses throughout the lockdown period and thereafter, including; CITB SMTS & SSSTS First Aid To view all of the latest BSG courses available, please download the enclosed BSG Training schedule. BSG Training Schedule 2020