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Preventing Cable Strikes: Proving, Scanning and Permit Discipline

Cable strikes remain one of the fastest ways to injure people, stop a job dead, and blow a programme. Drawings don’t tell the whole...

Telehandler Suspended Loads: Extra Ticket or Endorsement Required?

Suspended loads with a telehandler look simple on paper: hook on, lift up, travel steady. But the moment you hang a load below the...

Permit to dig essentials: avoid buried services strikes

Striking buried services remains one of the most serious groundworks risks on UK sites. A permit to dig, used properly, is not just paperwork;...

Self-Employed? Upgrading CPCS Red to Blue Explained

For many one‑man bands and small gangs, a CPCS Red card gets you through the gate; a Blue card keeps you there when clients...

Setting Effective Exclusion Zones for Lifting Operations

Lifting operations rarely go wrong at the hook; they go wrong around the edges. Exclusion zones are the only thing standing between routine lifts...

Telehandler Suspended Loads: CPCS A17E Assessment Tips

Suspended loads change a telehandler from a straightforward pick-and-carry tool into a lifting machine with swing, windage, and line-of-sight challenges. The CPCS A17E endorsement...
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