Construction: Live issues
- REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals)
The new system for controlling chemicals in Europe. It became law on 1 June 2007. REACH applies to many construction products including glues, paints, solvents, fillers and polishes.
- Milton Keynes scaffolding collapse 11 April 2006 - Updated information 25 January 2008
- Safety alert on quick hitches
- SCAM ALERT - Be aware, protect staff information - protect your business!
- Rise in construction fatals in 2006/07
- CDM 2007 Regulations - Early Day Motion Prayer Debate, 10 May 2007
- HSE Prohibits operation of tower cranes supplied by Falcon Crane Hire Ltd
Prohibition Notice served on Falcon Crane Hire Ltd requiring them, with immediate effect, to take out of service all tower cranes in their fleet which have not been subject to a thorough examination by an independent competent person.
- Liverpool city centre crane collapse, 15 January 2007
- Gerrards Cross tunnel collapse
- Crane incident – New Street Square/New Fetter Lane, London, 19 October 2006 (update - 20 October 2006)
- Battersea crane collapse, 26 September 2006
- ‘Buying for Life, Construction in the Public Sector’
- Question and answer brief for the construction industry on the Work at Height Regulations 2005 [360kb]
This question and answer brief includes some of the key issues about the new Work at Height Regulations 2005 and explains some of the things that you should be doing if you work in the construction industry.
