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A national targeted inspection focussing on health risks for construction workers saw enforcement action taken at one in six of hundreds of sites visited. During the two week period of proactive inspections, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) demanded improvements, and in some cases put an immediate stop to work activities, where they fell short

Shane Ponting joins The Building Safety Group as a Safety Adviser looking after our members sites in Swindon and the surrounding areas. Shane is passionate about Health and Safety and has spent most of his working life within it, so is very well established to continue to advise and thoroughly support all our members ensuring

City and Country have chosen The Building Safety Group (BSG) to be its UK consultants for health, safety and environmental advice. The renowned heritage developer chose BSG as its preferred partner because it was considered to be the best equipped safety group to cater for City and Country’s requirements. “City and Country is rapidly expanding

The Health and Safety Executive ( HSE) has launched a new website on occupational disease. The site, Tackling occupational disease, states that work-related health issues are harder to tackle than safety issues as cause and effect are often not clearly linked. HSE says that it wants to build on work that public, private and third

From the 1st July 2014 the green Construction Site Operative (CSO) card will no longer be issued. There will be a new green CSCS card only available for people working in labouring occupations. If you apply for cards on behalf of your employees and they do not work in a labouring occupation use the CSCS

Question 1 – Will the operative receive a Competence card after attending and completing The Building Safety Group’s half day Abrasive Wheel course? Answer – Yes you will. The certification/card is valid for 3 years. Near to expiry you will need to take a 1 hour refresher course, where on completion, you will receive a

Scaffolding contractor trade body NASC has launched an app version of its TG20:13 eGuide to give users fast and easy access to compliant design details. It has been estimated that using the guidance, which sets out practical everyday designs to comply with the latest industry standards, could slash industry design costs in half.  Owners of

Dave Dursley, The Building Safety Group’s Principal Safety Adviser for the Bristol area,  has been heavily involved in advising the site for the old Bristol General Hospital on their health and safety over a four year period. After a three hour inspection from the HSE it was left without action. The four year project to refurbish the old

New technical guidance on major inspections of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) has been produced to keep equipment safe beyond the manufacturer’s design life. The guidance document, published by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), sets down procedures for a major inspection scheme to validate structural integrity and functionality of critical components. Such a scheme