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The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported a 23% rise in the number of dust breaches occurring on construction sites. BSG’s report was based on 9000 independent site inspections conducted over a 6 month period from June to November 2020. Two periods were compared which revealed the increase. Between June and August there were 209

Following notifications from the relevant industry bodies, BSG can confirm that it will continue to run all classroom and remote training courses throughout the lockdown period and thereafter, including; CITB SMTS & SSSTS First Aid To view all of the latest BSG courses available, please download the enclosed BSG Training schedule. BSG Training Schedule 2020

A new BSG course has been launched in response to our members, who have asked for a clear and definitive guide on how to make sites ‘COVID-19 Secure’ during these difficult times. The course, ‘Operating a safe site during COVID-19’, is scheduled to run on the 1st, 8th and 15th of December. Click here for

Message to BSG members: Following the Government’s announcement on Saturday 31st October, please be advised that the Building Safety Group will continue to provide site inspections for our members during the lockdown period along with all other BSG services. If your company does not require site inspections during this time however, please can you let

Congratulations to our members for winning a BSG Regional award for best practice in health & safety. A well earned success during very challenging times!

Following various investments to improve member services, which included launching the BSG Hub, subscriptions have been increased to £98 per person. The decision was made by the Board of Directors who are all members of the Building Safety Group. The increase, which is the first since October 2019 despite rising costs across the business, has

Following Wednesday’s announcement by the government, the following documents have been updated on the BSG Hub; BSG Covid 19 Test and Trace Guidance for operations in England Working-safely-during-covid-19-construction-outdoors-100920 Working-safely-during-covid-19-other-peoples-homes-100920 Working-safely-during-covid-19-offices-contact-centres-100920 These documents are also available on the government’s website: Source: ow.ly/S8CF50BmQrv

Following yesterday’s announcement by the government, BSG would like to draw attention to one of the points made which could have a direct impact on construction operations in England: ‘Businesses will have a clear duty to support NHS Test and Trace. From 18 September, it will be mandatory for certain businesses to have a system

The Building Safety Group (BSG) has reported a 41% decrease in the number of COVID 19 breaches occurring on construction sites over a three month period. BSG’s report is based on 4400 independent site inspections carried out between 1st June and 31st August 2020. The drop in breaches has been attributed to more companies successfully