UK: HSE inspections focus on occupational lung disease

A workers health and safety must be paramount within society. The Health and Safety Executive is inspecting fabricated metal businesses across Great Britain to check that they are managing the respiratory risks of welding fumes and metalworking fluids. From World Asthma Day, on 5 May...

Gill Kernick: ‘Post-Grenfell, we will see changes to regulations, firefighting practice and how building materials are tested and certified, but I am not confident that we will see systemic change’

WOBO is grateful for the link to Gill Kernick’s book and podcast, and asks the question “are we ready for systemic change?” WOBO Governor David Gibson found the interview and text provided challenging demands for society and reinforced the need for conceptual review and change....

England: Building Safety – Planning Gateway One

Building safety – changes scheduled for August 2021. The MHCLG has announced planning gateway one is to be introduced from 1 August 2021 for buildings over 18m (or seven storeys in height). The gateway involves new requirements to provide planning authorities with a variety of...

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