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NFC active read and write on iOS devices would allow the Flex Manager solution to be 100% effective on the iOS platform and increase the opportunity for gathering data on the ground. This is an eagerly awaited announcement and our technical team are already building the required structure to adopt t [...]
CRH subsidiary Tarmac has laid claim to be the first UK materials supplier to develop an asphalt from recycled waste tyres. Tarmac has created an asphalt mix using granulated rubber and is looking to exploit the 40 million waste tyres that are produced every year in the UK. First contractor to try i [...]
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has updated its code of practice for temporary works for the first time since 2011. BS 5975:2019 – Code of practice for temporary works procedures and the permissible stress design of falsework provides recommendations for temporary structures on building site [...]
The onset of the Antarctic winter marks the end of the first construction season for the team building a wharf for the polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough. The 50 workers are leaving British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station after spending the last six months building the [...]
EU-OSHA introduces new dangerous substances database — check it out! Do you work with dangerous substances or manage people who do? Do you need more information on how to assess and manage the risks? If so, have a look at EU-OSHA’s comprehensive new database on practical tools and guidance on danger [...]
Activity in Ireland’s construction sector increased at a sharper pace in July amid widespread reports of strengthening demand for services. enlarge the image to see the detail New orders continued to increase at a substantial pace and companies raised employment and purchasing activity accordingly, [...]
A man has died in a workplace incident in Cork yesterday. It is understood he was working on a farm in Coachford near Macroom when a trench caved in. The remains of the man have been removed to Cork University Hospital. It is understood that he was involved in the excavation of a deep drainage trenc [...]
The number of workplace deaths in Northern Ireland has risen by more than 30 per cent in the past year, it has emerged. Investigators at the Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) confirmed that 16 people were killed doing their job during 2016/17 compared with 12 the previous year. Farming related acc [...]
A 33 year old man has died in an industrial accident in Co Wexford. Gardaí are investigating the incident, which occurred at Foulksmills, New Ross at around 12.30pm last Tuesday. Gardaí said the man was working at a grain store tank and appears to have been overcome by fumes. Medical assistance was [...]
The Health and Safety Authority (The Authority) has been made aware of passenger lifts installed by Ellickson Engineering Ltd (no longer trading; currently in receivership since 2011) that are marked with the following “CE490” as the identification for the notified body involved in the conformity as [...]
