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Speed limits through most major roadworks in England will be increased to 60mph, Highways England has announced. Highways England says the move to increase the speed limit from 50mph has been taken in order to ‘increase traffic flow’ and ‘ease driver frustrations’. It...

Alongside the Fire Safety Bill and fire safety consultation, the Building Safety Bill is said to be bringing the “biggest improvements to building safety in nearly 40 years”. The Draft Bill was announced yesterday (20 July) by Robert Jenrick MP, Secretary of State for...

Businesses across the country have nervously been watching plans to restart the economy after the coronavirus lockdown. Now that many can at last start to open up again, it is plain that operating conditions will be complex and will put heavy demands on management to...

There have been big improvements over recent years in reducing the number and rate of injuries to construction workers. Despite this, construction remains a high-risk industry and accounts for a high percentage of fatal and major injuries. What is less recognised is...

Adapting to operate within the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a significant challenge for the construction sector but embracing technology is helping the industry stay operational and compliant, says CHAS.  With companies of all sizes now scheduling...

The latest release of our software is now available. The latest version allows you to have multiple disciplines adding their risks to a project and then allowing everybody on your project to see everybody else’s risks, in other words, a federated database...