Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 16): Standard tied independent scaffolds

Could the 30 year failure cycle evident in specific bridge failures be coincidence or something more? Sean Brady looks at the technical and human aspects of this unfortunate trend.

This article considers the safety issues regarding both visitors to a construction site and staff employed full time on a site concerning vehicles.

All excavation work is potentially hazardous; the collapse of excavation faces can have serious consequences, both for life and purely as an economic loss.