Man jailed for six years following fatal fall One man has been jailed for six years and another for eight months after two incidents on the same day left one man dead and another with life-changing injuries, after falls from a roof they were repairing. Allan Thomson Director of the main contractor was jailed for [...]

This Federation of Master Builders “Britain’s Best Builders” is a special one-day, free to attend, exhibition. The exhibition is open to Members and non-member builders as well as suppliers of goods and services to the construction industry and also open to members of the public. A great opportunity to make new connections, meet potential new [...]

Sensors worn on the body are helping to prevent injuries and absenteeism by providing ground-breaking manual handling data. Eight stories high, surrounded by scaffolding and steel, a father and son team of bricklayers are building the framework of what will soon be an academic tower along the sandy coast of southwest Wales – home of [...]

Cardinus have teamed up with the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) to provide a health and safety helpline for their 9,000 members as well as an on-line health and safety survey questionnaire that allows FMB members to undertake a company safety ‘health check’. The health check will help to identify any health and safety risks [...]