Construction: Live issues

• Milton Keynes scaffolding collapse 11 April 2006 - Updated information 7 January 2009
• Industry takes action on Semi-Automatic Quick Hitches from 1 October 2008
• Stephen Williams, HSE Chief Inspector of Construction, video interview to Construction News
• HSE Chief Inspector of Construction endorses new Strategic Forum tower crane guidance
• Liverpool city centre crane collapse, 15 January 2007 - Update and Technical Report August 2008
• 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.
• Safety alert on quick hitches
• SCAM ALERT - Be aware, protect staff information - protect your business!
• 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.
• 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.