This month the HSE is carrying out its latest construction health inspection initiative with health and safety inspectors targeting construction sites across Great Britain. Here are the details: The initiative will run from Monday 5 – Friday 30 October As with previous health inspection initiatives, the focus will be on respiratory risks. COVID-security is a…More Info >>
Public Health England (PHE) have provided advice on reporting cases of Covid-19 at your business premises. In the case of construction companies those business premises are both the company office and building sites. This is what they say: As an employer, you have a duty to ensure your staff report any symptoms of Covid-19 and…More >>
OUT NOW! Soon you’ll be able to calculate the cost of being Covid-19 secure – take a look further down the page at the step-by-step screen shots of the new Covid-19 Estimating Calculator in EstimatorXpress 2020. Being Covid-19 Secure on the building site comes at a price – one that needs to be…More Info >>
Are you a building firm struggling to make sense of the hundreds of health and safety documents required on site – and at what point you should use them? Do you want to manage your health and safety better? Do you wish there was some simple software that sorted it all out for you? Well…Read More >>
Do you think about marketing your building firm better – but don’t know where to start? Do you want to undertake larger, more profitable work? Do you want a steady stream of decent business? Do you want to attract the best people to work for your company? If the answer is yes, then read our…Read More >>
Last updated 7.7.20 Welcome to our Covid-19 Health & Safety advice and support page for building firms where you’ll find website links and information from organisations involved, like HBXL, in supporting the construction industry during this really difficult period. It’s an evolving situation so keep checking in as we’ll update as new information becomes available…More Info >>
This page covers Covid-19 specific Risk Assessments for builders, why you need to do them, what you need to think about, and how to complete them. Who needs to produce a Covid-19 Risk Assessment Every business. It’s not just construction-related businesses that have to undertake a Covid-19 Risk Assessment – every business does. If you…More Info >>
We salute all the builders starting their ‘fightback’ to get their businesses up and running during the crisis! But many have questions about the measures they need to take to be Covid-19 secure. So to help we called in the big guns! Dave, our Health & Safety Consultant spoke to me for one of our…More Info >>
COVID-19 and hand tools are a dangerous combination. Think how easily the virus could be spread from one person to the next and the next… Want to know how often you should clean hand tools during the COVID-19 crisis? Here we outline best recommendations for a responsible cleaning regime and why you should have one…More Info >>