What Can A Safety Consultant Do For You?
Health and safety can feel confusing at first glance. Sometimes the number of rules and regulations can feel overwhelming. In reality, it’s not all that frightening. Fundamentally, health and safety…
How COSHH Might Affect You, And What You Need to Do
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health legislation, or COSHH, is the legislation pertaining to hazardous substances in the workplace. It is vital but often misunderstood. Essentially, COSHH sets out the…
Keep It Simple: Avoiding Risk Assessment Bloat
Risk assessments are a vital part of health and safety and risk management. At its most basic, a risk assessment is simply a process that identifies potential risks and allows…
Stop employees from bringing bad WFH habits to the office
It’s been a strange year, but with the UK’s vaccine rollout solidly underway and the country slowly opening up, many of us are preparing to get back into the office….
Principal Designer Support: What You Need to Know
In 2015, the Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM) were updated to simplify this vital legislation and make responsibilities within construction projects crystal clear. The new CDM regulations, introduced in…
How to sell the safety message like a top salesperson
The role of health and safety manager goes far beyond ticking boxes, creating risk assessments, and writing reports. Safety managers are responsible for curating and reinforcing a strong, effective safety…
The New Building Safety Regulator Explained
In the wake of the devastating Grenfell Tower Fire in 2017, legislators were forced to answer some tough questions about construction management and the safety of large, multi-occupancy buildings in…
What can designers do about the risk of silica dust?
In March of this year, an APPG report highlighted the dangers of and lack of awareness around silica dust. What can designers do about it? In the 1970s, the use…
Do I need to be CHAS registered?
Competition can be high for contractors. No matter what trade you’re in, there are plenty of others gunning for the same jobs you are. What’s more, potential clients are busy…
Why you should perform a health and safety audit after COVID
If you are responsible for health and safety, you’re probably sick and tired of hearing about COVID-19 assessments by now. With people across the country returning to work in the…
Approaching CDM as an architect or principal designer
In 2015, the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) were updated, simplifying the existing structure of the regulations, and applying new responsibilities across all aspects of construction. This included architects…
CSCS Cards Explained
In a health and safety conscious world, site managers and potential employers want to know the person they are hiring is trained and competent. One of the easiest and most…
