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16th April, 2025 - Construction
Understanding Construction Site Safety Signs
Construction site safety signs are displayed to deliver a clear health and safety message. Failing to understand the meaning of a health and safety sign on site might mean you lose your life - or your job. In this post, we look at the different types of construction safety signs.
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10th April, 2025 - CDM
The Principal Designer Role, Duties And Responsibilities
CDM 2015 introduced the role of principal designer, and with this new role comes new duties and responsibilities. But who is the principal designer, and what do they do? In this post, we look at the role of the principal designer, their duties and the health and safety responsibilities under CDM.
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8th April, 2025 - CDM
Who Does CDM 2015 Apply To?
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) apply to all construction work, but who is responsible for complying with these regulations? Every construction project, no matter how big or small, short or long, needs to comply with CDM, and CDM applies to everyone involved.
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2nd April, 2025 - Toolbox Talks
9 Ways To Make Safety Toolbox Talks Interesting
Toolbox talks can be interesting if you pick the right topics, the right delivery, and you give the right information. In this blog post, we look at 9 ways to make sure your safety talks succeed, from choosing your subject to perfecting your delivery.
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27th March, 2025 - CDM
CDM Health And Safety File Contents (What You Should Include)
The health and safety file is an important document required by the CDM regulations. Information for the health and safety file is gathered from all CDM duty holders, and it's important everyone understands what should be included. Here's a list of contents for the CDM health and safety file.
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The 3 Stages Of CDM (From Pre-Construction To Post-Construction)
The CDM Regulations don't just apply to contractors and construction workers on sites - but to the whole project team. Clients, designers and contractors all have duties under CDM, at all stages of the project. From pre-construction, through to the construction, project completion and beyond.
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19th March, 2025 - CDM
CDM 2015 Client Duties Explained
CDM 2015 gives clients a number of responsibilities or duties. These legal CDM requirements must be completed by clients on every construction project, of any size or duration. In this post, we summarise CDM client duties and find out what these responsibilities are, and why clients have them.
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13th March, 2025 - Management
Key Duties Of The Health And Safety At Work Act For Your Business
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act is an enabling act. It sets out the general health and safety duties that all businesses have to comply with in the UK. It enables further, more specific, health and safety regulations to be passed by law and enforced under it.
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11th March, 2025 - Construction
The Working At Height Hierarchy Of Control Explained (With Examples)
In this working at height guide, we look at the three levels of the working at height hierarchy of control, and examples of the control measures you can consider at each stage before moving to the next level.
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5th March, 2025 - Management
The Hidden Cost Of Accidents At Work
In the UK, someone is killed at a workplace almost every working day. Hundreds of thousands of workers are injured each year. The cost of these accidents at work isn't always obvious. Many costs are indirect, and the direct costs are just the tip of the iceberg. In this post, we will look at the hidden cost of accidents at work.
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27th February, 2025 - Construction
11 Free Ways To Improve Construction Site Safety
Don't have the budget or resources to improve health and safety on your construction site? Don't panic! Many health and safety measures are free (or low cost), and easy to put in place. In this post, we will give you 11 free ways you can create a safer site.
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25th February, 2025 - Construction
Getting Safety Right When Working At Height
All work at height is dangerous, even if a job only takes a few minutes, and a fall from any height can be serious - even fatal. In this post, we will discuss the definition of working at height, the regulations and the minimum heights to consider. Let's get safety right when working at height.
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