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To coincide with its current exhibition The Amazing World of M.C. Escher, Dulwich Picture Gallery has worked with Dulwich Outdoor Gallery and the street artist Phlegm to create the work, which echoes an iconic work by M.C. Escher. With a little help from a cherry picker, the work, which is located above a takeaway at 155 Dulwich Road, opposite t ... more
The International Powered Access Federation’s (IPAF) working groups are currently drafting several good practice guides relating to drivers and the management of safe loading and unloading of MEWPs. This will include guidance to identify the responsibilities of contractors, rental companies, transporters and drivers when planning and carrying out loading/unloading activities and guidance fo ... more
The Prefabricated Access Suppliers and Manufacturers Organisation (PASMA) has announced that it will be hosting a special webinar to launch Tower Week 2015 on the 2nd of November, running from 2pm to 3pm. The webinar, which is free to view, will feature a panel of mobile access tower experts who will discuss the latest developments and hot topics in tower safety and best practice. ... more
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has announced that the grace period for the Site Safety Plus scheme has been removed to bring the scheme in line with other Cskills Awards products. To allow time for this requirement to become embedded, the 6 month grace period will still apply to any delegate with a certificate expiry date up to and including 31 December 2015. Delegates must b ... more
CITB statement regarding card fraud in the construction industry. Carl Rhymer, Delivery and Customer Engagement Director at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), said: “We know card fraud poses a serious threat to the UK construction industry and we are tackling this head-on. “In July 2014, CITB’s Executive Team doubled our spend on fraud investigations, which ... more
MPs have put forward a range of measures that could see asbestos removed from all rented homes, businesses and public buildings by 2035. The all-party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Health and Safety is calling for a new asbestos eradication law, in a bid to wipe out all traces of the deadly material. In its report, the group says a national programme of asbestos surveys should be carried o ... more
Taking a higher apprenticeship offers people the chance to earn more money than going to many universities, a survey from educational charity the Sutton Trust has found. According to their study, youngsters who start their working lives with a Level 5 higher apprenticeship will bank £1.44 million over the course of their careers. That is around £50,000 more than someone who graduates ... more
Tenants of a house in Lincolnshire, including a three year old girl, were exposed to dangerous levels of deadly asbestos dust, Lincoln Crown Court was told last month. Blankney Estates Ltd, the company which rented the property in Scopwick, was fined after it pleaded guilty to health and safety offences. The court heard it did not manage adequately what were clearly deteriorating asbestos materia ... more
A builder has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered life changing injuries when he fell through a fragile roof light. Bristol Crown Court heard how in August 2014 the 25-year-old employee of N C Tucker Limited of Wedmore, fell five metres through a fragile roof light at a farm during roofing work. This was his first roofing job, having only worked for the company for four ... more
A London maintenance company has been fined for safety failings after an employee was injured when he fell from a roof. Southwark Crown Court heard how in February 2014 an employee of Aspect Maintenance Services Limited was working as a roofing engineer on a domestic house in Tooting. He was repairing the roof when he slipped and fell, landing on a table on the patio area below. There w ... more
