FMB and Retrofit for The Future ...
Thu, 27 Oct 2011
On the 9th December 2010 the Government’s Green Deal was announced and the Federation of Master Builders made their response that a list of approved builders, who are registered as...
Maintenance ~ Facts & Figures ...
Tue, 25 Oct 2011
It is estimated that around 15-20% (depending on country) of all accidents and around 10-15% of all fatal accidents are related to maintenance operations. ...
EU Roadmap to 2050 Carbon Reduction
Sat, 08 Oct 2011
On 8th March 2011, the European Commission adopted “A Roadmap for Moving to a Competitive Low Carbon Economy in 2050” in which it proposed an 80% to 95% r...
Employers responsible - all the workers, wherever they are, not just those on site
Fri, 07 Oct 2011
A cardboard box manufacturer in Kent has been fined after an incident in which a delivery driver suffered severe head injuries after a fall. As a result, the Health and Safety Executive (HS...
is UK applying the directive properly?
Fri, 07 Oct 2011
The Temporary Mobile and Construction Workers Directive (92/57) has been transposed and implemented in the UK with the introduction of the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations. br ...
Mon, 12 Sep 2011
In such a dangerous industry the definition of competence must be tripartite: occupational skills, deep and relevant knowledge and understanding, and ongoing evidence of appropriate behaviours an...
Constructing Excellence - rise above all the rest!
Wed, 07 Sep 2011
CDM2007.org has reached the finals of the prestigious London and South East Constructing Excellence Awards for the second time in its h...
CDM 2007 A Guide for Clients + Advisors ~ Author: Tony Baker Publisher: RICS
Wed, 31 Aug 2011
''CDM 2007 A guide for clients and their advisors'' was originally written in 2007 by Tony Baker and published by the RICS and, at the start of the new CDM 2007 regulation...
Fri, 12 Aug 2011
Video Toolbox Talks The ...
Access Industry Forum ~ Knowledge base ...
Fri, 12 Aug 2011
Access Industry Forum. Established in 2004, the AIF liaised closely with the Health & Safety Execut...
Wed, 10 Aug 2011
Why a Water Footprint Network? The interest in the concept of the water footprint and the accompanying methods and tools is overwhe...
Tue, 02 Aug 2011
From the 1st of April 2010 building owners who install solar PV and other low carbon electricity technology are paid for all the electricity they generate, including the electricity that they use. ...
Wed, 27 Jul 2011
Television presenter Dom Littlewood raised the stakes in the Approved Cable Initiative''s battle to beat defective cable when the extent of the problem was highlighted to viewers of BBC On...
Devolved Building Regulations to Wales - Dec 2011
Wed, 20 Jul 2011
The House of Commons Delegated Legislative Committee has consented to the transfer of powers over building regulations to the Welsh Assembly Government and the Order has been approved in Council ...
Are YOU competent to give out H&S advice?
Mon, 04 Jul 2011
Back in 21 April 2003 a health and safety manager was found guilty for the poor quality of health and safety advice he was expected to provide! div class=journal-content-arti...
Leadership & Worker Involvement Toolkit from the HSE ...
Mon, 20 Jun 2011
There is one key insight, based on research, that underpins The Leadership and Worker Involvement Toolkit. When a business benefits from good leadership, and combines this with action to invo...
Empowered Workplace Reps ~ works in Oz
Tue, 07 Jun 2011
CEPU v Comcare [2010] FWA 2685 (Appeal against Improvement Notice) Australia Post Disputed Provisional Improvement Notice— appeal by Australia Post and CEPU pursuant to s48 of the...
Mon, 23 May 2011
Total fines of 㾾,700 have been handed down after a foreman died when an excavator bucket filled with concrete fell on him at a London construction site. ...
Health Impact~ Cold Homes + Fuel Poverty
Tue, 17 May 2011
Poor Quality Housing has a Social Cost ... ...
SG4 . 10 ~ Prevent falls from scaffolds
Wed, 11 May 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpDjikjtIG0 ...
Landmark judgement for families
Tue, 10 May 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12686641 div...
Retrofit and grow ~ profitable solutions!
Wed, 13 Apr 2011
It is roughly estimated there are around 26 Million existing domestic homes in the UK that will require a range of diverse works to bring them up to the standard of low energy use to meet the gov...
Thu, 31 Mar 2011
Construction professionals who appear in court as expert witnesses will no longer have immunity from prosecution, after a landmark Supreme Court judgment. A judicial panel of seven of the U...
First corporate manslaughter trial ...
Sat, 12 Feb 2011
The Press Association Published on Fri Feb 11 12:41:17 GMT 2011: A businessman employing a geologist who died in a pit in Gloucestershire when it collapsed in on him said he was ...
Margins slashed = safety reduction ???
Mon, 07 Feb 2011
Reporting in the online News CONSTRUCTION ENQUIRER Grant Prior confirms ... Carillion subcontractors and suppliers have cut their prices by up to 20% in a desperate bid to keep...
Tue, 18 Jan 2011
On the 18th January 2011 Grant Prior reporting on the web in the Construction Enquirer www.constructionenquirer.com ... s...
This Teacher is dying from Asbestos in schools!
Fri, 24 Dec 2010
NASUWT Annual Conference 2009 saw Carole Hagedorn, a teacher diagnosed with the asbestos-induced cancer mesothelioma, speak for a motion demanding the safe management of...
Fri, 24 Dec 2010
25 November 2010 The association has been in operation for over 20 years, representing asbestos testing and consultancy specialists throughout the UK and overseas....
Greener Buildings Greener Behaviours
Sat, 27 Nov 2010
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is central to the UK''s strategy for improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions, as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008. !-- a h...
New Funding for London Councils?
Sat, 27 Nov 2010
In all the doom and gloom facing public services from the forced cuts imposed from the Comprehensive Spending Review of the coalition government, in a headline article by Property Week''...
Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Work at Height and Edge Protection need to work together in a seamless cultural way ... what I mean by that is that anyone who does have to work, or organise work at height MUST have a general au...
Tue, 02 Nov 2010
The cuts forced upon the public sector by the coalition government in the Comprehensive Spending Review 2010 will mean inevitable job losses ~ some will happen within the prope...
Work for the nuclear regulator ...
Tue, 02 Nov 2010
The UK’s regulator of safety and security in the nuclear industry is now recruiting professional engineers and scientists to join its team as inspectors. A recruitment campaign for HS...
Good with language? ~ take the test ...
Thu, 28 Oct 2010
Think you know a thing or two about languages? Test your knowledge with EC European languages quiz. A que...
Sat, 16 Oct 2010
My Law of Learning - there is ample knowledge for everyone who knows how to first acquire it and then to keep it. We now live in an enlightened society in which there is suffici...
Unrealistic Carbon Reduction Targets?
Wed, 13 Oct 2010
The government’s target for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 is “unrealistic” according to the Knight Frank ’Green Homes 2010’ study into the impact of zero c...
Tue, 28 Sep 2010
Asbestos was widely used in the construction of schools particularly during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The asbestos has been damaged over the years through fair wear and tear, accidental damage,...
We do listen and create what you ask for ...
Wed, 22 Sep 2010
Short courses are now being made available ... We have had a number requests over the spring and summer to provide short but relevant courses as a reasonable price to c...
Stephen Williams, HSE Chief Inspector of Construction ~ his message to the construction industry ~
Sun, 19 Sep 2010
Stephen Williams, Chief Inspector of Construction at HSE puts the question ... How well are construction firms currently protecting their employees'' health &a...
Trust in Line Managers and CEOs 2010 ...
Sat, 04 Sep 2010
Effective team management is a vital part of the set of drivers necessary for high performance in the eLearning of knowledge and gaining of the essential skills required across our ...
Sat, 04 Sep 2010
Risks to pedestrians from crushing zones on electrically powered gates - 2 What YOU need to know and do These are the things you need to do if you install or modify ...
The idiot's guide to Highway Maintenance ...
Wed, 01 Sep 2010
A great read for all those who do it! http://www.highwaysmaintenance.com/index.htm /d...
Best Practice ~ CDM + Public Property
Sun, 29 Aug 2010
Case studies to inspire you to make savings: http://www.publicpropertyuk.com/category/best-practic...
LA staff 'waste work time' ~ survey says!
Fri, 20 Aug 2010
More than two-thirds of the working day of junior council staff is lost, according to research by a management consultanc...
True cost of "Cheap Building Materials" ...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010
I have put a news item on the site ... http://www.asbestosinspectionbodies.co.uk...
Taking care of your people ...
Sat, 29 May 2010
Question: How can you do what you''ve been doing ...
Tue, 06 Apr 2010
A Video introduction to HSE''s Strategy for the Health and Safety of Great Britain. CLICK ON THIS LINK TO WATCH THE VIDEO FROM THE HSE: div...
Competence ~ what does it mean?
Thu, 25 Mar 2010
What is competence? In the discussion that occurred in the 1980s in the UK competence was basically approached as ‘the ability to do a particular acti...
Are we fit for the future? ...
Wed, 24 Mar 2010
Paul Morrell OBE is the Chief Construction Adviser to HM Government tasked with a huge remit to make ''Zero-Carbon'' a reality ... ...
Scottish Water show good CDM practice in Civil Engineering
Tue, 09 Mar 2010
Click on the link to view a really excellent video taken from a Scottish Water project This runs for 7 minutes only but, in that time there are some great...
Let's discuss getting real Justice!
Mon, 25 Jan 2010
A young child asks was my Uncle Chris really killed for ٠ ? ... BBC Radio 4 Broadcast recorded: Joh...
Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions
Fri, 22 Jan 2010
I am currently reviewing the work of sixteen renowned ‘world-class’ expert contributors brought together into one cohesive reference book – the definitive work on corporat...
Sun, 17 Jan 2010
Here''s a short session from Simon Middleton talking about Mentoring and how it can help people ... a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDitMeQXJeY&feature=PlayList...
NEW REFORMS IMPROVE SKILLS DELIVERY
Sun, 06 Dec 2009
In march 2009 Government set out the details of the transfer of ٥ billion to local authorities to help colleges and sixth forms deliver the reforms needed to raise the education and t...
Tue, 01 Dec 2009
Carbon Monoxide Kills! There''s a lot of high quality information on the website link ... just click on the ...
Secure Temporary Site Hoarding
Sat, 21 Nov 2009
This is a superb addition to make site perimeter fencing more secure and to deter unauthorised entry ... http://www.compo...
Mon, 02 Nov 2009
Podcasts are a great way the HSE uses to get important messages out into the community ... In this episode Stephanie Power talks to Steve Coldrick about HSE''s Asbestos - the Hidden Killer c...
Thu, 22 Oct 2009
Spend 10 minutes on a Friday morning in the training room in Dallas, Texas for a universal reminder from a great guy worth listening to ....
Thu, 22 Oct 2009
An exemplary case study in building a Culture of Safety throughout a construction organisation ... Thank you to Centennial Contractors Enterprises Inc for putting t...
UK CDM Regulations - Gov't of Australia now!
Thu, 22 Oct 2009
A video produced by the Austrialian Goverment (FSC) to promote safety in construction design. Concept is applicable to UK and European Designers in line...
Tower Crane ~ some great instucting videos on You Tube
Mon, 12 Oct 2009
There are some great instructional video clips of cranes produced in the US ... Either click on the link or past the web address into your browser ... &...
Tue, 29 Sep 2009
A Firearms Instructor from Thames Valley Police was conducting basic firearms awareness training with new civilian police control room staff when what he thought was non-live span style=co...
Wed, 16 Sep 2009
Click on the link to view the HSE''s video to show how to avoid creating extremely hazardous dust when using cut-off saws ... br...
Mon, 22 Jun 2009
Same old… Same old…. Checking through some figures last week and came across these on a subject that ...
Add your thought for the day ~
Sun, 21 Jun 2009
The Road To Success is Always Under Construction ... ... so, why not login and add your own thought(s) for the day to share with us all ...
Is true H&S Leadership a reality yet?
Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Some pivotal and probing questions are being put by the HSE...
Share interesting and topical material from You Tube that will benefit our CDM community ... ...
Thu, 21 May 2009
Fri, 09 Jan 2009
The HSE has commenced prosecutions against three companies and one individual following investigations into a sad fatal collapse of scaffolding that happened in April 2006 and the start of the ca...
Tempted to break the law? ... ...
Sun, 23 Nov 2008
Following all the fanfare surrounding the introduction of the new Corporate Manslaughter and...
.... near death experiences...
Thu, 23 Oct 2008
.... I heard an interesting statistic the other day that certain cities in Australia have a death record of Zero, ZIP, nothing, nought, 0 which I do find amazing... .....
Me, History and the Word Competence
Tue, 21 Oct 2008
....CDM2007.org first Blog Welcome - I am David Jones and this is my blog – or, to put it into context, my thoughts, rants, visions, feelings, views, and,...
