Posted on February 08, 2016at 8:00 am
National Grid Gas (Plc) has been fined £1m after a worker became trapped in a ruptured gas main. The company was supervising repairs to a gas main on 24 June 2014 when a worker was trapped between two gas pipes after one of them burst, breaking his femur. He was part of a team trying […]
Read MorePosted on January 05, 2016at 9:40 am
In July 2009, CIRIA published a guidance document after extensive discussion with UXO specialists and other stakeholders, entitled “Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) ”“ A Guide for the Construction Industry (C681)”. The aim of the document was to provide the UK construction industry with set guidance and a defined process for the management of risks associated with […]
Read MorePosted on December 17, 2015at 1:00 pm
Construction giants will hold a health summit next month in a bid to improve industry standards after shocking statistics showed that workers are 100 times more likely to die from occupational disease than site accidents. The inaugural Construction Health Summit will be held in London on 21 January 2016. It will look at how to […]
Read MorePosted on December 04, 2015at 4:35 pm
The construction industry has launched new guidance to encourage better management of occupational health risks. The new guide Occupational health risk management in construction has been written by the Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) Health Risks Working Group and formatted with the assistance of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). It gives practical […]
Read MorePosted on December 01, 2015at 8:00 am
Using BIM becomes compulsory in large public sector projects in the UK next year so Keelagher Okey Klein have taken a look at how we have developed our approach to BIM and how BIM can be a powerful tool under CDM2015:- All of our team have received BIM training and have been actively involved in […]
Read MorePosted on November 27, 2015at 8:00 am
Further to our blog post on 16 November regarding industry confusion about who can be a Principal Designer, the Association for Project Safety (APS) have provided the following clarification in their November issue of the APS Digest:- Who Can Be a PD? Understanding who can be appointed as a Principal Designer still appears to be […]
Read MorePosted on November 25, 2015at 8:00 am
Refurbishment contractors are being asked to clean up their act after an HSE safety blitz found that nearly half of all sites inspected were not up to scratch. Small refurbishment sites were targeted during a month long drive which saw 692 enforcement notices and 983 notifications of contravention served. Peter Baker, Health and Safety Executive’s […]
Read MorePosted on November 20, 2015at 1:48 pm
KOK Note: Whilst the events in this article occurred under CDM2007, it is certainly a lesson for Clients under CDM2015 who are now responsible for the actions of the Principal Designer and the Principal Contractor. As well as needing to ensure the skills, knowledge, training and experience of all their appointments, Clients should make arrangements […]
Read MorePosted on November 19, 2015at 8:00 am
Major contractors convicted of corporate manslaughter after site deaths could face fines of more than £20m. New sentencing guidelines were introduced this week, which could see firms with £50m+ turnovers hit with fines of up to £20m. The guidelines also state that firms with a much bigger turnover than £50m could be hit with even […]
Read MorePosted on November 16, 2015at 10:02 am
The following extracts are taken from the text on the HSE webpage regarding the HSE Q&A article of 31st October which relates to the role of Principal Designer:- Who is a principal designer? A principal designer can be an organisation or individual who is appointed by the client to take the lead in planning, managing, […]
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