Useful Information

 

We thank the agencies for the information below. Each heading offers a link to their website and each topic will link to where it may be found on their website..

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Asbestos

 

January 2008 saw the HSE pass responsibility for managing the list of training providers for licensed asbestos work to the UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA)

 

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British Standards Institute

 

BS 6187:2000 Code of practice for demolition

 

Fire Brochure 2007

 

BS 3882:2007 Specification for topsoil and requirements for use

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Construction Industry Council

 

Subscribe to CIC Cascade

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Construction Skills Competency Scheme

 

SkillsDirect the faster route to CSCS

Experienced Worker Practical Assessment (EWPA)

 

Sign up for regular news from CSCS
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Environment Agency

 

Register or renew as a hazardous waste producer

If your business produces hazardous waste, you need to register with us. You can register online, over the phone or on paper. If you have multiple premises to register, you can also register in bulk. Find out more here

 

Construction goes green

Environment Agency launches online tool to help reduce carbon footprint from construction projects

 

Do you know the new rules?

Now that the new rules for non-hazardous waste are in force, it is illegal for a landfill operator to accept untreated solid waste or liquid waste.

 

New window of opportunity for glass

Your chance to comment on our proposals to reduce red tape for handling waste flat glass.

 

Help shape our forms

Next year the Environmental Permitting Regulations will be introduced. There will be some big changes, with a new application form and guidance notes. We want your help in getting it right for you.

 

Dishing the dirt on our soil

New Environment Agency report shows what we all need to do to protect this valuable resource.

 

Cast off

Sending our recyclable waste in ships to the developing world is a bad thing, right? Not necessarily. Some environmentalists even say it’s the best option. Richard Cookson, freelance journalist, investigates.

 

Dates for your diary

What's coming up in November and December

 

 

 

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Health & Safety Executive

 

 

Construction Occupational Health Management Essentials (COHME)

 

March 2008 News

 

Construction Home Page

 

Sign up for the Construction Infonet E-Bulletin

 

View all past Construction E-Bulletins

 

Joint Guidance on Radioactive Waste Management - Part 1: The Management of Higher Activity Radioactive Waste on Nuclear Licensed Sites (published December 2007)

 

Focuses on the regulatory process and aims to: provide a comprehensive source of information that can be used by nuclear site licensees and the regulators' staff, and referred to by other stakeholders; advise licensees on how to obtain regulatory acceptance of their proposals for radioactive waste management.

 

 

Fundamentals of the Management of Radioactive Waste: An Introduction to the Management of Higher Level Radioactive Waste on Nuclear Licensed Sites (published December 2007)

 

Explains the context of radioactive waste management.

 

 

Comments received during Stakeholder engagement - March to May 2007 and the regulators' response (published December 2007)

 

A summary of the comments received during the trial use version of Part 1, including how the comments were taken into account.

 

 

More information on the management of radioactive waste

 

++ Offshore Safety Division's decommissioning programmes ++

Sets out OSD's role and policy on decommissioning offshore of installations and pipelines.

 

 

++ National Men's Health Week ++

9 - 15 June 2008, HSE supports this year's theme, focusing on men's health in the workplace.

 

 

 

++ How well are you leading on Health & Safety ++

Advice and support for Directors and business leaders.

 

 

 

++ Nuclear Reactors ++
List of Amendments made to the Nuclear Reactors Decommissioning Regulations 1999.

 

 

 

SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALLS

++ Shattered Lives - slips, trips and falls campaign coming soon ++

Keep up to date with latest Campaign news and events, sign up for the e-Bulletin service

 

 

 

++ Construction safety alert ++

Issued to users of excavators fitted with quick hitch devices

 

Construction companies warned to take work at height seriously

 

 

 

Falls from height news

 

 

 

Reducing sickness absence

 

Progress made in simplifying compliance with health and safety law over the past year.

 

 

Noise control campaign (2007-2008)

 

Workplace Health Connect

 

 

Falls from vehicles

Organisations explain how they reduced the risks.

 

 

 

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Waste Resources Action Programme

 

Demolition and Regeneration

 

Construction Newsletter - October 2007

 

Materials Recycling

 

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