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WORKPLACE SAFETY an Inspector caLLs


as construction work around the uK resumes, surprise visits from the Health & safety executive are increasing. Kate oliver, a senior associate in the regulatory and business defence team at Gateley Legal, explains how site managers can best prepare for an inspection, and why nailing health and safety is a win-win for building and business.


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f you live in Birmingham, you will undoubtedly have noticed that the city is undergoing an extreme makeover right now. Cranes, scaffolding and high-rise skeletal steel structures dot the city skyline, while building


sites and barriers seem to appear at every turn. Everything from luxury flats to local train stations are currently in the works, not to mention the general housekeeping of road maintenance and infrastructure upgrades. It is not alone, either. Like many cities in the UK, Birmingham is benefitting from a surge in construction, development and investment. It is all part


of the Government’s ‘levelling up’ plan – one that promises to breathe new life into major metropolitan areas outside of London. Post-Covid, this is a welcome sight. But as workforces start to populate sites once more


Is your


constructIon sIte Hse ready?


10 JuLy/auGust 2022 | IndustrIaL compLIance


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