The Grenfell catastrophe and subsequent cladding crisis still embroiling the UK has echoes and variations around the developed world, which call into question the efficacy of governments’ approaches to building…

A Japanese team of Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) and NEC have created what they describe as a first-of-its-kind AI system that automatically generates reports of near-miss incidents from camera footage…

Launching a war on what he called “workplaces of death”, South Korea’s new president Lee Jae Myung says companies will be fined 5% of their operating profits if they record…

Hong Kong’s Labour Department (LD) has launched a safety enforcement drive following a spate of construction site deaths and accidents. Starting tomorrow, 8 November, occupational safety officers will inspect worksites,…

The consortium building the $9.5bn New Terminal One project at New York City’s JFK International Airport has installed a wireless emergency notification system that goes beyond what the traditional air…

Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA) shut down a construction site in Co. Kildare last week, citing “clear, ongoing danger to workers’ lives”. The HSA secured a High Court order…

AtkinsRéalis has introduced inclusive head protection for its workforce, allowing wearers to make adjustments to accommodate different hair types and some religious headwear. The company worked with personal protective equipment…

Singapore has warned of a “lack of basic safety measures” after recording 15 construction fatalities in the second half of 2024, a threefold jump from the five recorded in the…

Singapore urged construction firms to take a two-week “safety time out” this month after a surge in workplace fatalities. Ten people died in construction accidents between July and October this…

As a ‘heat dome’ breaks calendar-day temperature records across the US Midwest and Northeast, Skanska tells GCR five ways it’s keeping workers safe onsite. 1. Pre-shift training We’re preparing for…

Arup has published a global guide on how to build fire-safe mass timber structures to encourage more use of the low-carbon alternative to concrete and steel. The consultancy said it…

American engineer Bechtel will donate $7m to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), to be spent on support for 500,000 construction workers over the next five years. The company…

As the call for inclusive PPE gains momentum globally, Nyaisha Sullivan delves into the lessons the UK can take from the United States on ensuring PPE inclusivity. Personal protective equipment…

Six people have been accused of running a construction safety training school in the US that issued certificates to some 20,000 students who did not undertake the 40 hours of…

Fourteen people were hospitalised at a construction project in New Haven, Connecticut, after potentially fatal levels of carbon monoxide accumulated in a building undergoing renovation, AP reports.  The cause of…

In a bid to improve Mumbai’s dust-choked air, its city council has passed legislation requiring contractors to install 35ft-high metal enclosures around any site larger than an acre, and to…

The latest episode of the Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) new podcast, 21CC, launches today with an investigation into what futurologists of the 1970s got right about the built environment…

A report from New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) has found that across the state, the construction fatality rate increased from 10.2% to 11.1% per 100,000 workers…