The Building Safety Group

26/11/2025

What Makes a Good Site Manager? A Site Manager plays a pivotal role in construction project delivery, serving as the cornerstone of successful operations and safety management. Here, BSG explores some of the key challenges in health & safety management when working on site. Click for more https://bit.ly/44svKF1

A Site Manager plays a pivotal role in construction project delivery, serving as the cornerstone of successful operations and safety management. With

25/11/2025

BSG's Basic Scaffold Inspection course covers the legal obligations embedded within TG20:21, BSEN12811-1 and The Work at Height Regulations 2005. Our training will also study inspection techniques as well as the recording procedures necessary to comply with the statutory provisions. Protect your employees and your business with BSG https://lnkd.in/efT8zUij

21/11/2025

BSG's First Aid at Work course runs in accordance with current 'First Aid Requirements' & is approved by the FAIB. Our training covers the practical skills needed by a first aider in the modern workplace. Book with BSG & save up to 70% on funded training. BSG members automatically receive a 20% discount https://bit.ly/3XbvZRq

20/11/2025

Building owner fined £50,000 after ignoring high-rise fire safety warning. Birmingham City Council has successfully prosecuted a company for failing to comply with an improvement notice relating to fire safety measures in a residential high-rise. https://bit.ly/4qUyPHo

high-rise fire safety warning - Birmingham Council has successfully prosecuted a company for failing to comply with an improvement notice

18/11/2025

Learn how to spot the early signs of a mental health problem by enrolling on BSG's Mental Health Awareness course. Members receive a 20% discount. Book today with BSG https://bit.ly/3xsFfmQ

17/11/2025

IOSH reveal nearly half of workers risking construction safety shortcuts. Research from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has found that many construction workers are “dicing with death” while working at height https://bit.ly/47CTqZy

IOSH has released concerning research finding many workers frequently take construction safety shortcuts while working at height

14/11/2025

During these challenging times, not all companies have the resources to appoint a 'competent person' to help the business meet its H&S obligations. Let BSG act as your 'Competent Adviser' from as little as £2.30 per day. Become a BSG member today https://bit.ly/4hUMtW0

14/11/2025

Social housing manager fined over £30,000 for failing to protect workers. Several cases of Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) have been reported in a short span by workers at Nottingham City Homes Limited, a social housing management firm https://bit.ly/3LyfBYb

The social housing manager was fined £32,000 and nearly £7,000 in costs to court for failing to protect their workers from vibrations

13/11/2025

Why mental health in construction must be treated with the same priority as safety on site. PBC Today sat down with Andrew Kitley, founder and MD of Kitall, to discuss his experience with mental health and how it should be treated in the industry https://bit.ly/472zAXe

PBC Today spoke with Andrew Kitley, founder of Kitall, to discuss his experiences with mental health in construction

12/11/2025

BS 8681:2024: A unified approach to advancing fall protection standards in the UK: Alan Murray, CEO of the British Safety Industry Federation, explains more https://bit.ly/3LFZt6O

The introduction of BS 8681:2024 marks a significant development in workplace safety at height in the United Kingdom. Alan Murray, CEO of the British

11/11/2025

Highways firm handed £1m fine after worker death. A construction company has been fined £1 million after a road resurfacing project ended in tragedy in May 2022. https://bit.ly/48EVT6B

A construction company has been fined £1 million after a road resurfacing project ended in tragedy in May 2022.

10/11/2025

Serious safety risks posed by unqualified contractors, warn BESA and TICA. The BESA & the TICA have joined forces to warn that operatives often working for multi-trade firms are putting lives at risk by carrying out work for which they are unqualified https://bit.ly/43pu5zu

BESA and TICA are warning that operatives often working for multi-trade firms are carrying out specialist work for which they are unqualified