BUILDER IN COURT OVER WELFARE FACILITIES

Construction Site with high vis jackets

    A Cheshire building contractor, Phillip Affleck, has been fined for serious health breaches and lack of welfare facilities on a Culcheth building site. Trafford Magistrates’ Court heard that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) received a complaint from a member of the public in May 2014 about the …

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New HSE regulations

  New HSE regulations – Construction Design Management introduced 6th April 2015  – CDM 2015 Are you a builder, plumber or other tradesman, doing small-scale routine work such as: Installing a kitchen or bathroom. Structural alterations, e.g. chimney breast removal. Roofing work, including dormer windows. Extension or loft conversion. Under …

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New CDM FOR 2015

Subject to Parliamentary approval, new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) will come into force on 6 April 2015. The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM Regulations) are intended to ensure that health and safety issues are properly considered during a project’s development so that the risk of …

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