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We are Winning!

Great Britain’s tally soars to 23 gold medals following our most successful day at the Rio Paralympics so far. (There were also some silvers picked up too)! For a full list of last nights events/wins, please click here.

Over in America, Trump ‘Feels Great’ as he wishes Clinton gets well soon after pneumonia diagnosis.

UK growth expectations have been downgraded after Brexit. The British Chambers of Commerce warns that, although the UK should avoid recession, a turbulent business period still lies ahead. Please click here for further details.

In Construction news…

The boss of the controversial HS2 rail link is leaving to take up a senior post at Rolls-Royce, the aerospace and engineering group has said. Please click here for full article.

London is worlds fifth greenest city!

Spurs buys five cranes for £400m stadium build. New £400m ground is being built right next to White Hart Lane.

In MECsafe news…

We still have places available on our SMSTS block week course in Doncaster (26th – 30th Sept), if you would like to book please contact us.

Superhumans!

Just over a week ago we saw the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic games. Now, this week, Rio will be opening the 2016 Paralympic games. We will get to witness GB’s finest hopefully smash some records and bring some medals home.

Channel 4 will be providing the coverage over 11 days (from Weds 7th Sept). You can click here for your ultimate guide.

The effort, drive and training all athelets go to should never be underestimated. Here is a reminder of all the golds GB won four years ago… 34 golds in total!!

And in Health and Safety news…

Lighting up London’s bridges competition has now come to a close, six teams vie to light up the bridges. The winner will be announced in December 2016.

Birmingham firm, Associated Architects submits plans for 10,000 m² Leeds lab project.

Finally, acitivity in the construction sector has picked up after nose-diving in July following the Brexit vote.

 

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Your one stop, Health & Safety Shop!

Welcome to MECsafe Limited, for those of you who come here often, you are probably aware that we offer Training and Health & Safety advice, but there is so much more we are able to offer, for example:

  • Site Inspections
  • Audits
  • Health & Safety Policies
  • Accident Investigations
  • Fire Risk Assessments
  • Fire Station Hire
  • Extinguisher Servicing
  • Asbestos Surveys
  • Electrical PAT Testing

…and much, much more! Please contact us for more details of what we could help you with!

On a completely different note, did you see the olympics this weekend? Super Saturday certainly rolled into Super Sunday. You can see the highlights in photographs here.

And now for the latest construction news (which is what you probably came to this section of the website for)!
Contractors are not changing their business plans more than 50 days after the EU referendum, despite just under half seeing projects put on hold, according to the latest CN Barometer. Click here for the full story.

Preparations for this year’s Basements and Underground Structures 2016 conference are well underway with over 30 speakers and 180 senior industry figures already registered to attend. If you would like to attend, book by 9th Sept 2016 and save £50!

J G Hale Construction Ltd based in South Wales has been fined £100,000 for running an unsafe timber-frame construction.

If MECsafe can be of any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact us! 🙂

This Week’s Construction News

Big London Expansion!
There is set to be a huge opening for construction work with as many as 500 jobs available in London as London city airport is due to receive an extended terminal, new aircraft taxiway and parking spaces for planes! They are also investing into a number of improved transport links, including a bus and taxi access scheme and improving walking and cycle routes to the airport!

Robots!
A Liverpool based contractor is training staff to fly drones in order to reduce safety risks on site! Lacy roofing has an initiative entitled “robots for roofing” which is also partly funded by the CITB. It entails drones carrying out surveys and finding faults on site in comparison to the workers going up and doing it for themselves. This project has nearly 5 million pounds pumped into it, and if the pilot project is successful, it could be rolled out for the entire industry, how exciting!

New H&S Minister!
There is now a new minister for health and safety. Penny Mordaunt (MP) has been appointed as Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work with responsibility for oversight of HSE. To find out more about our new minister please click here!

Construction News

Big things are arriving for Heathrow airport, as it is due to receive its biggest expansion yet! At a cost of 16 billion pounds, and designed by Grimshaw architects it is due to receive a brand new refurbished central terminal. The following is a fly through animation of the new proposal -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l3Vbyepe6c

Like most businesses in the construction industry, risk assessments are essential, United Utilities Water Limited has received a total of £933,000 in fines after an issue at one of their sites had killed fish. Sodium hypochlorite is used in the water purification process and is also the principle ingredient of household bleach, it is known for being deadly to aquatic life. Unfortunately a container containing this had managed to seep up to the surface water therefore killing fish. This was performed without a risk assessment and could have been prevented!
If you would like further information on risk assessments, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Developers of a new Radisson Blu hotel in Hull are hoping to start construction later this year following demolition problems at the site.