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13 December 2023
Securing your site over Christmas
When the Christmas shut-down approaches, many people in the construction industry prepare for a well-deserved break, and construction sites across the country are left uninhabited over the festive season. In previous years, members of the public have been killed or injured in construction related incidents. Incidents have included materials being blown off-site, scaffolding collapsing or
11 December 2023
Merry Christmas to our Armed Forces!
The Building Safety Group has posted some Christmas ‘Holiday Hampers’ to soldiers stationed in Eastern Europe. Some of our staff at BSG have also served in the armed forces and know how difficult it can be when you’re away from home, especially at this time of year. So we hope our small boxes of festive
11 December 2023
The Building Safety Group Christmas closure times
Our offices in Bristol and Scotland will be closed from 4pm Friday 22nd December and will reopen from 8.30am on Tuesday 2nd January. In case of emergency, please contact: Stephen Bell – 25/12 to 26/12 Tel 07768 826296 David Dursley – 27/12 to 28/12 Tel 07712 793776 Steve Beckwith – 29/12 to 1/1 Tel 07810
05 December 2023
BSG Membership Satisfaction Survey 2023
The Building Safety Group is dedicated to delivering the highest level of customer service for our members. To help us maintain our standards we’d like our members’ feedback. By completing this survey you can tell us how relevant BSG membership is to your business as well as how well we have performed. So please take a
02 November 2023
Storm Ciarán: Weather warning issued for parts of the UK
BSG recommends that should your site or operations be in an area which will be impacted by the forecasted storm, you will need to assess the impact. All Scaffolding and Temporary Works Any scaffold or temporary structure, such as site hoarding or false works should also be inspected by a competent person each time it
01 November 2023
BSG Newsletter
The latest BSG Newsletter is ready to download. Click here to login to the BSG Hub and download your copy or go to BSG News Nov 23. Contents in this edition include; No effective design or planning to eliminate risks from dust at some UK construction sites, HSE campaign finds The full scope of the
02 October 2023
Intium Construction – A safe pair of hands
BSG member, Intium Construction, talks about its commitment to Health & Safety with support from the Building Safety Group (published in Construction News). In addition to being a quality-led company, Intium Construction has also always been committed to providing high standards of health and safety. This approach was recently underlined further when one of its employees,
28 September 2023
New BSG Training course: Task based Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS)
BSG has developed a new ‘Task based Risk Assessment and Method Statements (RAMS)’ training program to help construction companies create RAMS documents which are ‘tailor made’ for their business. The course is taught by showing candidates how to use our ‘task based’ RAMS software to create a single task/job based Risk Assessment template for any job or project undertaken. The half day session will also demonstrate how
18 September 2023
BSG signs Armed Forces Covenant
The Building Safety Group (BSG) has signed the Armed Forces Covenant following its pledge to support those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces. The organisation is also open to employing reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners. Following its commitment, BSG has been awarded ‘Bronze’ status by the Ministry of Defence (MOD)
05 September 2023
Electricity breaches up 12% on construction sites
The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported a 12% increase in the number of electricity breaches occurring on construction sites. The report was based on 30,000 site inspections conducted by BSG, which compared 2021 with 2022. The most widespread types of infringement included damaged and trailing cables as well as the temporary position of impermanent
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