The Asbestos Regs in force from 6th April 2012 adds to the complexity in managing asbestos.

There are now 3 categories:

• HSE Licensed work
• Non-Licensed work
• Notifiable Non-Licensed work.

If you have any involvement with maintenance or building works then it's important to know the new requirements and update your procedures, as more record keeping and staff Health Surveillance is now needed.

We're very impressed with the campaign being run by the Britiish Lung Foundation's on TV and at their website.

The construction industry has long been aware of asbestos issues but it's about time that householders are made aware of the significant asbestos risk they may face when doing DIY.

If you go to the http://www.take5andstayalive.com/  website you can download a free guide and have the chance to win a £250 DIY voucher - how good is that !

We are currently offering free asbestos awareness courses to domestic contractors and will be happy to receive calls from concerned householders . Anyone interested can call us on 01244 371344.

If you're a small business you'll probably relate to the attached article recently published in the Construction Manager magazine. You might want to send a link to your local MP to ask him or her to exert some influence in government to make some changes.

To read the full article go to  http://content.yudu.com/A1vujy/CM0312/resources/4.htm

Fox Robinson are pleased to announce that they have become one of the first Practices in the country to be awarded the status as a Registered Practice of the Association for Project Safety.

Congratulations to our clients Create Construction, whose Lancaster University Bowland Hall site recently scored a very high 97.1% in a site-safety audit.  It is scores like this that make Fox~Robinson’s role seem all the more worthwhile.  Plaudits to site managers Paul Matthew and Paul Makinson.