The following are posts from November 2011:
28 November 2011
We read an interesting article in SHP (Safety & Health Practitioner) regarding the governments' announcement of an immediate consultation on the abolition, consolidation and further review of large numbers of health and safety regulations and aims to remove the first rules from the statute books within a few months. The announcement follows the publication of Professor Ragnar Lfstedt's review of h...
[Read on about Government Vows To Restore Clarity To Health & Safety]
28 November 2011
We read in the Construction Enquirer recently that procurement chiefs at National Grid have started the search for groups of engineering and construction firms to build a series of high voltage transmission stations around the country. This is indeed good news; not only are they investing over £650 million over five years they are supporting 'collaborative working arrangements' between contractors...
[Read on about Some Good News]
28 November 2011
Some sad news we read recently about regarding the dumping of asbestos in the streets where pedestrians, children etc require access. We have to question if we are seeing this as a consequence of 'cuts backs' and if we will be seeing more of it in the future? It is not a situation we want to see becoming commonplace in our streets so what can we do about it? We have only one recourse - report the...
[Read on about Dumped Asbestos]
2 November 2011
We are pleased to announce that one of our partners, Waste Plan Solutions Limited, has won the prestigious 'Small Business of the Year Award' from the East Midlands Centre for constructing the Built Environment (emcbe). Waste Plan Solutions Ltd works in environmental consultancy within the construction industry and specialises in writing Site Waste Management Plans. The judges were looking for a...
[Read on about Waste Plan Solutions wins Small Business of the Year Award]
1 November 2011
