Do you need a Roof Walkway on your Business Premises?
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) require that all designers must eliminate, reduce or control foreseeable risks that may arise during construction and, crucially, during the maintenance and use of the building once it has been completed and is in use. Many of our business premises here in the UK feature flat roofs and this is often the place where equipment like air conditioning and heating units are installed, keeping them out of the way and freeing up space in the building below.
[…]Safety Inspections – What do HSE Inspectors Look for?
Following the introduction of the new sentencing guidelines last year, safety experts are predicting that we’re likely to see an increase in company directors facing prosecution for health and safety offences (the number trebled last year!). Here in the UK businesses can be prosecuted for a risk in the workplace, even if an accidents has not occurred as a result of that risk. This means that there’s a new urgency when it comes to health and safety inspections – can you afford to not get it right?
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