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Louise Taggart named SHP’s Most Influential person in health & safety for 2018

Written by David Jones on June 21, 2018. Posted in General Interest, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Louise Taggart has topped the SHP poll as ‘Most Influential’ for her work highlighting the personal cost of lax health & safety ... Louise was an employment lawyer in Scotland until personal tragedy led her into the field of health & safety ... the sad death of her younger brother Michael,...

The LABC 10 point plan to progress the Hackitt recommendations

Written by David Jones on June 20, 2018. Posted in Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

LABC has spent 18 months working on its 10 point plan, investing in standards, competencies and qualifications, drawing on expert advice from the Chartered Institute of Building, the Institution of Fire Engineers and the University of Wolverhampton ... What LABC has done Launched an all new National...

What’s the shape of ‘Competence’ eh!

Written by David Jones on June 7, 2018. Posted in Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

Questions: who's design is this? - erh, would YOU do that? So, how many local authorities/ tenants associations/ building companies/ architects etc around the country are looking at photos coming out in the media and thinking "oh - but we did that/ we've just done that on Project X ......" The Judge...

Building a Safer Future Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Final Report

Written by David Jones on June 2, 2018. Posted in Safety, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

A principled approach "At the heart of this report are the principles for a new regulatory framework which will drive real culture change and the right behaviours. We need to adopt a very different approach to the regulatory framework covering the design, construction and maintenance of high-rise...

50 years on – Sam Webb, been campaigning on safety in tower blocks since the disaster at Ronan Point …

Written by David Jones on May 22, 2018. Posted in General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

One man's battle to improve tower block safety Architect Sam Webb has campaigned to improve safety in tower blocks since four people died in Ronan Point 50 years ago. He warned of fire spreading in high rises long before Grenfell. Martin Hilditch asks him what needs to be done to avoid future tragedies. ...

Competence in fire engineered solutions – from conception to completion

Written by David Jones on May 2, 2018. Posted in General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

The ICM fully supports the introduction of independent sign-off of Critical Design Issues by suitably qualified persons with the appropriate Skill, Knowledge, Expertise ... Excellent video from Neil Gibbins of the Institute of Fire Engineers answers the question "Where projects are subject to fire...

Our Changing World

Written by David Jones on April 30, 2018. Posted in General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

This film produced by RICS captures well the drivers and trends from the RICS Futures report 2015 ... clearly, our World is dramatically changing ... RICS report there will be major implications for the land and built environment sectors, requiring professionals to gain new skills and have identified...

RICS – Certificate in Construction Project Management

Written by David Jones on April 11, 2018. Posted in General Interest, The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

As a project manager, you will be responsible for managing the construction project lifecycle from start to finish. This means managing the development process from initially working with clients on their requirements, through the design, procurement and construction stages, to the final handover....

Safety isn’t an add-on!

Written by David Jones on March 18, 2018. Posted in Safety, The ICM Blog. 1 Comment

" .. My brother's life ended long before he had the opportunity to make it to 40 ... However, I believe we can bring about positive change, working together to ensure that in the lead up to his 40th the world of work is safer and healthier, and very many more people get to live their lives to the...

ISO 45001: World’s first International Standard for occupational health and safety launches …

Written by David Jones on March 14, 2018. Posted in The ICM Blog. Leave a Comment

More than 70 countries were directly involved in the creation of this important document, developed by ISO/PC 283, Occupational health and safety management systems, with the British Standards Institution (BSI) serving as the committee secretariat ... published 12th March 2018 ISO 45001 sets out to...

Year: 2018