Erecting steel structures is a hazardous occupation and a staggering 60 per cent of construction accidents can be attributed to workers being injured by rebar.
Rebar is made from different grades of steel and, as its name suggests, is used to reinforce the tensile strength of concrete structures. It is supplied in the form of rods and is fabricated into cage structures by hand before being encased in concrete to carry out its vital, unseen function.
Workers stooping to tie rebar at intersections can develop musculoskeletal disorders and a Labour Force Survey (LFS) from 2018/19 estimated 42,000 work-related cases of such injury, accumulating to three fifths of all ill health in this sector.
Construction Playbook success depends on three things
01 Feb 2021
The arrival of the Construction Playbook is a milestone moment for the industry and its clients in the public sector. But its publication marks the beginning of the journey rather than the endpoint. The document is a roadmap that we must all now follow.
The central messages in the playbook are not new. In fact, they echo many of the learnings from the Egan and Latham reports of the 90s. We ve known what good looks like for a long time and have even come up with plans on how to achieve it. The difference now is we have the ability to realise these improvements.
By Mark Farmer, Trudi Sully2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00
A raft of sector initiatives are now working together to create real change, write Trudi Sully and Mark Farmer
Much of the construction transformation journey that we have been on for the last few years has been focused on identifying the basic building blocks of change and setting out a roadmap for how we can do what the industry has repeatedly failed to do in the past - embrace modernisation and improvement on a large scale and sustainable basis.
The construction sector deal gives us a good springboard for change and identifies the basic themes of core improvement across digital, manufacturing and asset performance while also highlighting the key enablers such as procurement and future skills.
1st February 2021 11:23 am
We’re delighted to reveal the shortlist for The Engineer’s 2020 Collaborate To Innovate (C2I) Awards.
Now in its fifth year, The Engineer’s Collaborate To Innovate awards (C2I) was established to uncover and celebrate great examples of technology-led engineering collaboration across a range of different disciplines and sectors. It’s fair to say that it’s more than delivered on this vision, and has regularly uncovered a fresh pipeline of innovations, showcasing the UK’s strength and breadth in cross-disciplinary collaboration, and providing plenty of reasons to optimistic about the future of UK engineering.