On 11th May 2026, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced a major package of measures to protect workers from the dangers of engineered stone dust, including silicosis, a deadly-but-preventable lung disease caused by breathing in silica dust released during stone cutting. The package includes the publication of new guidance making clear that dry cutting of engineered stone is unacceptable and that water suppression techniques, already used by many industry leaders,

The brand-new Silica Hub has been created by the HCLG's Respiratory Working Group, in collaboration with the Construction Dust Partnership. The idea behind the collaboration followed the old adage; 'Together Everyone Achieves More' (TEAM)! After initial discussions, we concluded that the biggest respiratory challenge facing the construction sector right now is Silica Dust, and whilst there are lots of resources available to help contractors navigate management of this hazard,

What is a health strategy? How should it be launched and cascaded down within a business? Why is it important to embed the strategy into the businesses culture? What is the commercial impact of implementing a health strategy? How should success be measured? Rob Cheeseman (Balfour Beatty) and Colin Nottage (Influential Management) spent 20 minutes discussing all of the above points at the most recent ' Action on Site Health ' event, held at Birmingham NEC in March 2026. Watch

Multiplex have announced the launch of their 'Silica Impact Reduction Programme'. This is in response to a continuing trend of unacceptable levels of risk from the dangers of silica dust. Respirable Crystalline Silica dust (RCS) is classed as a group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). As well as a cause of lung cancer, there are other illness and respiratory conditions silica dust can cause, such as silicosis, which increases someone’s ris

On 16th April 2025, Alicia Parfitt (HCLG Communications Leader) and Colin Nottage (HCLG Respiratory Working Group Leader) travelled to...

We work in an amazing industry powered by people - and it is essential that we protect the power that drives us.​ The HSE recently...

UK Construction Week took place at Birmingham NEC, between 1st-3rd October. This exhibition is the UK's largest 'built environment' event...

In a step towards enhancing workplace safety, a new Drugs and Alcohol working Group has been established as part of the Health in...

On 9th July 2024, RVT hosted the 'Action on Site Health' event at BMA House in London. The event was attended by over 100 people, and...

On Wednesday 24th April 2024, Bob Bradford welcomed attendees to the Action on Site Health (Scotland) event at the DoubleTree Hilton...