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  • Speedy Hire: Not So Good Vibrations

    What can you do to mitigate the effect of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)? Speedy Hire has some answer ...

    What can you do to mitigate the effect of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)? Speedy Hire has some answers. In 1911, Professor Giovanni Loriga, a doctor specialising in occupational health, noticed so ...

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  • Underground Assets at Risk

    Report reveals that almost half of all UK works put underground assets at risk According to a new report, ...

    Report reveals that almost half of all UK works put underground assets at risk According to a new report, 44 per cent of all excavation work in the UK takes place without a thorough underground asset ...

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  • Raising Safety Standards in Lifting Operations

    The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) is supporting the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMec ...

    The Construction Plant-hire Association (CPA) is supporting the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Crane Safety 2018 Seminar in London on 12th September. The CPA’s Technical Consultant Tim W ...

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  • BSG Reports Rise in ‘Working at Height’ Safety Breaches 

    The Building Safety Group (BSG), has reported a 13 per cent rise in the number of ‘Working at Height’ saf ...

    The Building Safety Group (BSG), has reported a 13 per cent rise in the number of ‘Working at Height’ safety breaches recorded on construction sites. The increase is based on 10,000 site inspections c ...

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  • Building Mental Health

    The Lighthouse Club explains how you can build a positive mental health culture in your organisation Ever ...

    The Lighthouse Club explains how you can build a positive mental health culture in your organisation Every working day, two construction workers take their own life. Yes, you read that statistic corre ...

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  • That’s a Wrap!

    Lundy Rail Plant Manager, Rob Hollins sheds some light on a new vehicle wrapping solution. Anyone who wor ...

    Lundy Rail Plant Manager, Rob Hollins sheds some light on a new vehicle wrapping solution. Anyone who works in the rail industry understands just how important night-time visibility is. At Lundy Proje ...

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  • CCS Focuses on Air Quality

    Survey by Considerate Constructors Scheme reveals urgent need for greater awareness and understanding acr ...

    Survey by Considerate Constructors Scheme reveals urgent need for greater awareness and understanding across the industry Produced in response to the survey findings, the Scheme’s ‘Spotlight on…air po ...

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  • SafeHire Certification Gaining Ground

    A number of firms from the specialist tools and equipment hire sector have joined the Hire Association Eu ...

    A number of firms from the specialist tools and equipment hire sector have joined the Hire Association Europe (HAE) safety drive Bradshaw Electric Vehicles from Peterborough – the largest manufacturer ...

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  • Bull Earn Their Spurs

    Bull Products has secured a contract to supply its Cygnus alarm system during work on the new 61,000-seat ...

    Bull Products has secured a contract to supply its Cygnus alarm system during work on the new 61,000-seater Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Part of the Northumberland Development Project, the football stad ...

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  • Excavation Works Breaches Increase

    Building Safety Group reports 16 per cent increase in excavation work breaches on construction sites The ...

    Building Safety Group reports 16 per cent increase in excavation work breaches on construction sites The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported a 16 per cent rise in ‘Excavation work’ breaches on co ...

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