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COVID-19 ADVICE & GUIDANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION
BuildUK support industry with advice, guidance and information
The impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on businesses across the construction industry, many of them SMEs, is proving to be dramatic and unavoidable.
BuildUK is engaging across its membership and responding to the concerns of the sector. The priority is supporting members and the wider industry with advice, guidance and information on construction-specific issues.
Details of the financial support available from Government have been collated and Site Operating Procedures have been produced to ensure sites are implementing the Government’s social distancing requirements.
Build UK advise that businesses should continue to follow the most up-to-date Government guidance and email Build UK with any construction-specific queries. They cannot guarantee to respond to every message but if aware of sector-specific issues Build UK may have the opportunity to address them collectively.
Build UK Statements
- 30 March 2020 – Travelling to Work
- 27 March 2020 – Industry Support Measures
- 26 March 2020 – Guidance on Contractual Issues
- 25 March 2020 – Keeping Sites Operational
- 24 March 2020 – Site Operating Procedures
- 23 March 2020 – Financial Support for Business
- 20 March 2020 – Coronavirus Bill and Financial Measures
- 19 March 2020 – Guidance for Industry
- 18 March 2020 – Support for Businesses and CITB Measures
- 17 March 2020 – Industry Representation
- 16 March 2020 – Action Being Taken by Members
Industry Representation
- Implementing the Site Operating Procedures – 26 March 2020
- Keeping Sites Operational – 24 March 2020
- Letter to the Prime Minister – Support for Construction Sector – 17 March 2020
Government Guidance
- England – Employees, Employers & Businesses
- Northern Ireland – Support for Businesses
- Scotland – Support for Businesses
- Wales – Support for Businesses
Advice for Businesses
- CITB Support
- Contractual Issues
- Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- CSCS Card Applications
- Cyber-Crime
- Decontamination in Non-Healthcare Settings
- Financial Support for Businesses
- HMRC Late Payment Support
- Procurement Policy Notice 01/20 – Procuring Goods with Extreme Urgency
- Procurement Policy Notice 02/20 – Payment of Suppliers
- Site Operating Procedures
- Social Distancing
- Statutory Sick Pay
- Temporary Homeworking
- Travel to Work for Employees Letter
Information for Workers
- Critical Workers List
- Renters – Suspension of New Evictions and Other Protections
- Self-Employment Income Support SchemeSelf-Isolation for Households
- Universal Credit
Latest Construction Health and Safety News
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HSE WARN OF NEED FOR RPE FACE FIT TEST AND CHECK
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Posted on 16th April 2020CORONA VIRUS: LATEST SITE OPERATING PROCEDURES
Industry Bodies publish risk management guidance Version 3
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Posted on 15th April 2020TOWER CRANE OUT OF SERVICE SAFETY ALERT
Important advice from Construction Plant-hire Association and HSE
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Posted on 30th March 2020FRAGILE ROOF REPLACEMENT PUT WORKERS IN DANGER
Measures to prevent falling from or through the roof were missing
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Posted on 30th March 2020WORKMAN FELL FROM EDGE OF MEZZANINE FLOOR
Edge protection was absent and workman untrained for the task
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Posted on 30th March 2020HSE PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES 2020/21
Appointed CDM 2015 Principal Designers remain focus of HSE inspections
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Posted on 30th March 2020COVID-19 ADVICE & GUIDANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION
BuildUK support industry with advice, guidance and information
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Posted on 30th March 2020LATEST HSE CONVICTIONS AND NOTICES REGISTERS
View current online HSE registers of prosecution convictions and notices
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Posted on 30th March 2020POORLY DESIGNED SCHOOL GATE CRUSHED CHILD
Sliding gate over-run mechanism proved insufficiently robust
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Posted on 9th March 2020POWER GENERATOR PROSECUTED OVER UNSAFE SYSTEM
Maintenance workers seriously injured when energy suddenly released
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Posted on 2nd March 2020CEILING BELOW SAVES WORKMAN IN ROOFLIGHT FALL
Roofworker fell through roof after stepping on fragile rooflight
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Posted on 2nd March 2020INEXPERIENCED WORKER FELL THROUGH OPENING
No physical protection or warning of opening and fragile covering
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Posted on 29th February 2020CDM PRINCIPAL DESIGNER IN COURT OVER FIRE RISK
Designers and contractor prosecuted for risk management failings
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Posted on 29th February 2020PRISON SENTENCE FOR RECALCITRANT DIRECTOR
Prohibition and improvement notices ignored and danger persisted
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Posted on 26th February 2020TEMPORARY WORKS HOARDING FELL ON PEDESTRIAN
Member of the public struck when site fence collapsed suddenly
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Posted on 26th February 2020CHILD FATALLY INJURED BY UNSECURED POLE
Pole stored on embankment moved and trapped boy against fencing
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Posted on 26th February 2020OWNER RESPONSE TO HSE INSPECTION ENDED IN COURT
Police uphold HSE right to inspect without threats, aggression or abuse
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Posted on 24th February 2020HSE TARGETING WELDING FUME CANCER RISK
Inspections to enforce improved controls required by new risk evidence
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Posted on 24th February 2020CONTRACTOR FAILED TO REPLACE MISSING PROTECTION
Painter and decorator fractured hip in fall from landing
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Posted on 18th February 2020RISK OF DERMATITIS SUFFICIENT FOR PROSECUTION
Company failed to implement controls and surveillance required by COSHH
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Posted on 18th February 2020COSHH FAILINGS CAUSE ASTHMA AND PROVE COSTLY
Uncontrolled exposure to isocyanates during paint spraying operations
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Posted on 18th February 2020POLICE EMPLOYEE SHOCKED BY DATA CABLE WORK
South Wales Force fined over electric shock from ceiling void cable
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Posted on 18th February 2020COLLAPSE OF PUMP SET TRAPPED WORKMAN
Unsafe system of work transferring from pallet to a raised platform
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Posted on 18th February 2020MODIFIED PODIUM STEPS CAUSE FALL FROM HEIGHT
Firm failed to select and correctly assemble with necessary training
Posted on 14th February 2020
