If you’re having construction work done, there are actions to be taken to fulfil your health and safety duties. Use our flow chart to ensure that small projects run safely and smoothly.
Published 10.05.2018
You have a relatively minor construction project in the pipeline and you want to use a selection of small contractors to do the work. However, none are set up to manage the whole project, i.e. be the
principal contractor. Does this matter?
Published 04.04.2018
You’re having construction work carried out on your premises. During a recent review of the work site, you weren’t happy with the building contractor’s health and safety practices. What’s your next
move?
Published 30.09.2013
The Common Assessment Standard has been developed by a group of construction sector giants in the hope of finally putting an end to the drawn out bureaucracy faced by many sub-contractors. What do
you need to know?
Published 17.05.2019
You appointed a project manager to help you set up and manage a refurbishment project. He now has a site office and is telling the contractors what to do. Although he claims he’s not, surely he must
be the principal contractor?
Published 05.06.2017
A builder has been cleared of safety charges after a subcontractor was left paralysed when he fell on a construction site. How did he manage to clear his name?
Published 11.10.2017
During the construction of Olympic Park high standards of health and safety were set. A new study identifies how they were achieved. What’s to know?
Published 18.12.2012
You’ve heard that since the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007 came into force, you are now better off using a third party to assess the competence of any contractors that you
use. Is this really the case?
Published 28.01.2008
A group of major construction clients has launched an ambitious plan to reduce injury and ill health in the sector. How will this affect those at grass roots level?
Published 11.06.2019
Whilst working on one of your client’s sites, you’re finding that other sub-contractors are getting in the way and creating a potentially unsafe workplace. How should you deal with this and what can
happen if you don’t?
Published 19.06.2009