The Building Safety Act received Royal Assent on 28th April and was announced on 10th May 2022 in the Queens Speech. It brings in major changes for owners, developers, designers and constructors ...
IntroductionEvery construction problem has a quality issue as one of its root causes. Poor contract conditions, failure to implement robust test regimes and inspection planning or to identify and...
Since its launch in 2004, LinkedIn has steadily grown in popularity to become the world's largest professional network with 800 million members in 200 countries worldwide.The HSEQ sector is one o...
The Quality in Construction Design Best Practice Tool, approved by global quality groups, including our friends at CQI, is designed to significantly reduce the risks in the early stages of a proj...
According to an analysis by GIRI and Heathrow, over 50% of delivery defects in construction infrastructure projects can be traced back to design issues. Numerous approaches are employed to measur...
Having the best health & safety procedures and policies are useless unless your workforce is fully engaged with them. HSEQ professionals are not necessarily the most lucid communicators so gainin...
The One Percent Safer movement highlights a very scary statistic – that 2.78 million people died last year due to workplace accidents and work-related illness. By applying the marginal gains the...
If you’re looking to take the first steps in your career or considering a change of trajectory and path, you may look to a career in the environment, health and safety (EHS). But is that a good ch...
What is ISO 45003, and why should you care?ISO 45003 is a new global standard that provides practical guidance on managing psychological health in the workplace.70+ million workdays are lost each...
Accelerating trends in employee expectations, remote working, e-commerce, and automation mean that the way of work will change forever, not just because of the pandemic. Are you, a Health and Saf...
BS 99001 is the draft standard currently in development which provides additional Quality Management System requirements and guidance to those specified in BS EN ISO 9001, specifically for organiz...
Next Step Safety is an all-inclusive forum within the Health and Safety industry that looks to collaborate with like-minded professionals on how they can take the next step in their career, whate...
"A Career in CDM” – focussing on the role of CDM Advisor and Principal Designer and how you develop a career in this area.On the 29th of June, 2021, we were joined by Gleeds.Speakers were:Ed Wil...
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed much about the working world, not least the recruitment process.For those who have been involved in job searches during the crisis, online or virtual interviews ...
It’s been well over a year since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the world of work and the way we do our jobs. Still, health and safety is an important consideration for all businesse...
We recently took some time out to talk with Monima Harrison, who took up the challenge of starting as HSQE Director at Arcus FM, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here he discusses his ...
We were pleased to take part in a recent webinar hosted by the IOSH Logistics & Retail Committee focusing on Personal Branding. Mike Roebuck from Shirley Parsons joined Reece Cherry, HSEQ Director...
Interview with Allan Shanks, Group Wellbeing & HSEQ Director at Amey Plc Allan Shanks joined Amey in June 2020. He is an experienced senior HSE leader within construction, civil engineering and i...
How have our experiences of Covid-19 influenced our approach to Health & Safety?What major lessons have we learned and how should we adapt our conventional approaches to HSE in the future?We inv...
Managing a workforce is a sizable task at the best of times, so when they’re forced to work remotely because of a global pandemic, it can be no small mission.With World Health Day on April 7th, w...