Health, Safety & Wellbeing

Anthony Culshaw, Technical Director at Britlift Ltd, discusses the safety issues of lifting modular homes, container structures and pre-cast components

The CIOB report Understanding Mental Health in the Built Environment shows 26% of construction industry professionals thought about taking their own lives in 2019 – before the Covid-19 pandemic had hit the industry – and 97% recorded being stressed at least once in the last year.

REHAU is advising that contractors consider fire safety regulations more closely alongside acoustic performance when specifying soil and waste drainage solutions for high-rise developments.

An RCPCH report underlines the importance of indoor air quality and suggests all built environment agencies invest in public health

Mental health first aid trainer Sally Desborough discusses the difference that having this on-site can make

Steve Gardner, Managing Director of Ecolighting UK, says poor lighting can put the health of the workforce at risk

Congratulations Kyran Sze, CABE Hong Kong Chapter Chair, for his award of Honorary Fellowship by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Alcohol-based hand sanitisers used in the fight against Covid-19 are flammable.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance Indoor air quality
at home noted that as we spend 90% of our lives inside, poor air quality within buildings affects our health.

Research into the cracking of concrete arch dams due to uplift pressure and seismic load by academics Mohammed Noori Hussein, Dr. Muhammad Jawad Kadhim and Dr. Thair Jabbar Mizhir Alfatlawi.

Understanding how to maintain workers’ respiratory safety when cutting tiles is key to meeting the updated EH40/2005 Workplace Exposure Limits.

The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) shares three experts’ top career advice.

CHAS, supply chain risk management experts, add up the importance of contractor health and safety in the construction industry.

Mark Beard, Executive Chair of Beard, argues that if procurement standards were higher, the industry would be forced to work harder and do better.

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BSI’s Robert Turpin asserts that inclusivity and accessibility in the built environment needs to consider neurodiversity.

Employers and contractors have much to consider when trying to mitigate the effects of coronavirus on business.

Janice Warman examines why the industry has such a poor track record on mental health and, importantly, what is being done about it.

Planet Smart City offers a case study of Smart City Laguna where digital, social and building innovations meet.

Board member of the Association of Noise Consultants (ANC), Mark Scaife, discusses the importance of acoustics, noise and vibration on wellbeing in schools, hospitals and the workplace.