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February 2026
With January finally done and dusted, its safe to say, we are back to ‘business as usual’. New year, new start? We wonder, what more can be done to ensure everybody keeps safe in the workplace this year? There is always room for improvement and safety is key! It is our responsibility as a whole to keep each other safe. This means ensuring the use of correct PPE, following all relevant health & safety legislation and reporting any issues to relevant parties. This is so important, and could literally save the life of a worker or potentially a member of the public.
Moving on, we believe that many of our readers would benefit from ‘digital Information’ being more readily available (24/7) to all those that need it. Does this happen in your organisation? Perhaps it is time to re-think the situation and see what is out there to facilitate this, CDM ToolKit CS Cloud can help you with this.
To Support this digital age, should we not be thinking about ‘Quality versus Quantity? It is great to have the data, except it must be relevant and up to date. Otherwise it wont be read or reviewed and therefore becomes useless.
What’s happening at Ai Solutions?
For 2026, the team at Ai Solutions aim to continue to provide a top of the range software solution to facilitate all your CDM needs. We have some exciting development work ahead of us this year, which is to include BSA requirements as part of CDM ToolKit CS Cloud. For those that want to know more, and see things in action, why not email us on [email protected] for more information. CDM ToolKit CS Cloud shows real time, up to date information 24/7, in ONE system. Along with this, it provides easy access for all parties, including ‘read only’ access where needed. You control the data and the licencing yourselves. This new application works via the web so can be accessed anywhere 24/7 on any modern internet enabled device.
We continue to support our customers at all times, and we offer training where needed; their problems are ours and we take support very seriously indeed. If you would like to know more about CDM ToolKit CS Cloud, then please give a member of the team a call on 01525 850343 to arrange your free demonstration with them.
Health and Safety News
Competence Hub Launched
A new national resource designed to bring together standards, competence frameworks, guidance and trusted industry insight in one central place has been launched by BSI. The Built Environment Competence Hub is a national, digital Hub designed to act as a central point of reference for competence-related information. For more on this visit Specification On-line.
Tender Prices to Rise by up to 5%
We read in Consultancy UK that tender prices are set to rise by up to 5% as capacity constraints have threatened delivery of schemes. A new report, from Turner and Townsend, warns that sustained cost escalation is putting pressure on the viability of new projects at a time of economic uncertainty.
Building Safety Regulator Courses
The HSE are providing four courses this month (February) to provide better understanding for employers to ensure they comply with the Building Safety Act 2022. The courses include an introduction to BSR, accountable persons, roles and responsibilities, and developing accompanying documents. You can sign up for the courses via the HSE website.
Space Firm £27k Fine
We saw on the BBC website that a space firm has recently been fined £27,000 for safety issues. The HSE stated that the prosecution was entirely avoidable in July 2022; they stated that its inspectors identified concerns with how the firm used the metalworking fluids. Despite being issued with formal improvement notices a follow up inspection found the company had not reduced the risk of inhaling fluid mist and the prosecution began in January 2024.
IOSH Magazine – Useful Webinars
For those of you who are looking at resources to help them with health and safety, IOSH magazine has a wealth of information regarding health safety and webinars on their website. If this is of interest, please visit their website for more information.
British Safety Council Courses
Why not start off the new year with a British safety council course? They have a number of resources available for people within the industry. Interested? Visit BSC courses for more information.
Safety, Health and Wellbeing Event (Manchester)
Don't forget that the safety health and well-being live is being held in Manchester on the 10th to the 11th of February this year. To book your place visit here. It includes the Fire Event, so don’t miss this!
User Viewpoint
So that our customers, and potential customers, can hear ‘real life experiences’ about our products we have invited one of our users, of CDM ToolKit CS Cloud, to provide a comment about our latest CDM compliance product and their experience with it. We are delighted to say that today’s content is provided by Philip McEvoy of Shamrock Group.
Ai Solutions CDM Cloud Feedback
“The CDM ToolKit CS Cloud system for CDM management is a gamechanger for us as it provides an easy to use platform that consolidates all our CDM documents along with project files for designs, budgeting and program. The system allows us to share up to date information with our sub-contractors and customers in a very easy to use way. The support we have had since implementing the system has been second to none from the Ai Solutions team. The system as a whole has added a phenomenal amount of value in how we work”.
About Shamrock Group
Shamrock Group are a relatively new business that specialises in the Inspection, maintenance, and construction of industrial assets. Due to the size and complexity of the projects we manage, CDM compliance plays a big part in what we do. By providing this service we can ensure that both us and our clients maintain CDM compliance throughout the project lifecycle.