Workforce and management training, higher levels of awareness and a greater focus on wellbeing will become more important as local authorities enter a new era of workplace health and safety. Patricia Moore maps the near and distant future.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 has turned the spotlight squarely on improving New...
Maybe for local government 2015 will be remembered for the things that didn’t happen, says Civil Contractors NZ CE Peter Silcock. The big question is will 2016 be any different?
The past year will be remembered as a time when local government amalgamation proposals took a major step back – or should I perhaps say, a step sideways...
Civil Contractors New Zealand chief executive Peter Silcock says council support is critical to new H&S competency framework.
The lack of a nationally recognised and accepted competency standard is a significant barrier to improving the health and safety of people working in the construction sector. We all know that a construction...
