Health and Safety

Balfour Beatty wants to eliminate methods that lead to workplace injuries such as hand arm vibration syndrome (HVAS), its head of health and safety has said.

Health, safety, environment and sustainability director Heather Bryant said wanted to see conditions such as HVAS eliminated within the industry over the next decade. Speaking at…

Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police has seen a massive increase in allegations of labour exploitation and modern slavery, Construction News can reveal.

Speaking to CN as part of its six-month investigation into slavery and the black market, the Met’s head of modern slavery and kidnap unit DCI Phil Brewer said the reasons for the…