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PAS 1192-6:2018

The CIC has elected a new Chair and Deputy Chair of the CIC Health & Safety Committee, as Gary Mees PPCIAT MCIAT steps down.

In busy industrial environments, where safety, efficiency, and compliance are paramount, flooring demarcation plays a vital role.

With indoor air pollution continuing to impact the health and wellbeing of UK workers, employers are taking greater responsibility for the workplace environment in a bid to limit the effects of sick building syndrome – situations where employees or other building occupants experience acute health and discomfort levels that appear to be linked to time spent in a building.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance on registered building inspectors to include details about what constitutes a conflict of interest.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to industries, including construction, that a "substantial" number of face masks claiming to meet KN95 standards aren't of good enough quality to be used safely.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has urged the construction industry to get involved in new research to help develop a picture of the benefits and challenges of the principal designer (PD) role under Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM).

Following a review of the recognition of Professional Bodies for the issue of the Professionally Qualified Person (PQP) card, CSCS will only recognise professionally qualified members of such bodies for the issue of the PQP card from 30 June.

A group of MPs is pressuring the government to halve the amount of silica dust to which workers are allowed to be exposed.

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has updated and reissued its Health and Safety Certification to reflect the requirements of the Building Safety Act.

Peter Baker, the recently installed chief inspector of buildings at the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), has welcomed the new planning requirements on fire safety, which came into effect on 1 August.

A recycling business has devised a process for converting asbestos into a new material that can be used safely as a construction product.

Director banned for failing to pay fines

A civil engineering firm has been fined £600k for safety breaches after a seven-year-old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site.

CONIAC - The Construction Industry Advisory Committee

Report into H&S in small construction firms

For managers of graduates from 2011-2016