Safety

Draft fire safety guidance would require evacuation lifts large enough to contain a wheelchair and an accompanying person in all blocks of flats above 18 metres. The government has proposed amendments to Approved Document B (ADB) that would encourage all buildings to allow the evacuation of disabled people without relying on firefighters. ADB is not

The industry is divided over whether the fire safety guidance offers a realistic response to the building safety crisis Alongside cards and carols, for some building safety specialists Christmas brought a social media snowstorm over an obscure risk assessment form. On Christmas Eve, the BBC published an interview with Institute of Construction Management president David

HS2 bosses raised worries over contractors’ health and safety performance just months before a serious near-miss incident paused work on London tunnels, it has emerged. Newly released minutes from a series of HS2 board meetings from 2025 show that five RIDDOR incidents took place across the line in February that year, prompting concern. The minutes

NIL was supposed to level college football, but now it’s just twisting conversation beyond reason. And Paul Finebaum did just that on ESPN First Take, downplaying Alabama’s 38-3 loss against Indiana while hammering Ohio State’s loss to Miami just because they spend $35 million on their roster. That selective logic didn’t sit well with the

Image by studionone from Pixabay Transport Action Network (TAN), which campaigns for more public transport and cycle lanes and less road building, has written to The Office of Rail & Road (ORR) to ask it to investigate National Highways, which it regulates, for misusing taxpayers’ money. TAN has found that National Highways is funding all

Safety Shot launches BONK Holdings and acquires 228.9B BONK tokens. SHOT stock slides while BONK price gains 8% in the past 24 hours. BONK charts signal a possible breakout toward $0.0003620. Safety Shot has made a bold entry into the digital asset world, launching a new subsidiary centred on the fast-rising Solana-based memecoin BONK. The

In today’s construction industry, safety is no longer just a field-level concern. Increasingly, it’s a boardroom priority. Jobsite accidents are not only tragic for workers and their families, but they can also expose executives to costly lawsuits, skyrocketing insurance premiums, lost contracts, and long-term reputational harm. For construction leaders, the risks have never been higher

Project delays caused by the Building Safety Act are easing, helping lift tendering activity in the UK construction sector, during the second quarter of 2025, according to a new report. Tender workloads increased by 2 per cent between the first and second quarters of this year, and by 3.2 per cent compared with the same