The Safety Department Ltd

24/12/2025

🎄 Merry Christmas from The Safety Department! 🎄

As 2025 comes to a close, we want to say a huge thank you to our clients, partners, and colleagues for trusting us to keep projects safe and compliant this year. Building safety isn’t just a regulation — it’s a responsibility. And together, we’ve made great strides in creating safer spaces for everyone.

Here’s to a festive season filled with joy, rest, and reflection — and to an even stronger, safer 2026! ✨ From all of us at The Safety Department: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

19/12/2025

2025: A Year of Raising the Bar in Safety and Compliance!
This year was all about culture, competence, and collaboration.

✅ Thought Leadership: We tackled big topics—mental health in construction, AI in safety, lessons from Grenfell, and embedding compliance into every project phase.
✅ Regulatory Readiness: Supported clients through Building Safety Act updates, competency standards, and digital “Golden Thread” requirements.
✅ Service Excellence: Strengthened partnerships with ESA Engineering and HI Group, delivering CDM and Principal Designer services.

Our mission remains clear: to make safety a core value, not a checkbox. Here’s to an even safer, smarter 2026!

10/12/2025

ISO Accreditation: Why It Matters?

Achieving ISO accreditation isn’t just a badge of honour – it’s a strategic advantage. It demonstrates your commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement, giving clients confidence and opening doors to new opportunities. https://www.globalguardian.com/global-digest/understanding-iso-standards

We provide expert guidance, gap analysis, and ongoing support, aligning health & safety with ISO frameworks so you achieve and maintain compliance stress-free. https://thesafetydept.com/accredidations-compliance/

We specialise in guiding businesses through the accreditation process for ISO 9001 and ISO 45001, along with assisting in various SSIP schemes, including Safe Contractor, Constructionline, Achilles, SMAS and CHAS. Our support is designed to ensure compliance and streamline certification for our part...

02/12/2025

🚨 Health & Safety in 2026: Are You Ready? What’s Actually Changing – And What Might - Big changes are coming to UK health and safety law in 2026:

✔ LOLER updates – digital inspection records & IoT monitoring
✔ Pressure vessel regulations – stricter design & inspection standards
✔ Building Safety Act – levy from October & mandatory PEEPs from April
✔ Mental health first aid becomes a workplace requirement

📅 Read our latest blog for full details: https://thesafetydept.com/healthsafetyin2026/

27/11/2025

🎯 Webinar Success & What’s Next!

Our Managing Director - Laurence Davis shared lessons from a real-life case involving a fatal incident on a volunteer-led project—highlighting legal, procedural, and safety implications that every construction professional should understand.

Thank you to everyone who joined us! If you missed out, stay tuned for future webinars and resources from The Safety Department.

👉 Visit our website for more : https://thesafetydept.com/outsourcedsafetymanagement/

26/11/2025

Supporting Innovation with Safety 🏗️

Our partnership with IQ Glass on their stunning architectural projects is a continued relationship over a number of years. The designs! - think large glass extensions, premium glass boxes, and even glass floors, all redefining modern living and pushing the boundaries of structural creativity.

We provide a comprehensive Health & Safety Management System and ongoing general support, ensuring these complex and visually striking structures are delivered safely, compliantly, and to the highest standards.
When aesthetics meet engineering challenges, safety becomes even more critical, that’s where we come in.

25/11/2025

Driving Decarbonisation in Education 🌍

We’re proud to support HI Group on their ambitious decarbonisation projects across UK colleges. A special highlight is MidKent College, where innovative solutions are reducing carbon footprints and improving energy efficiency.

We deliver a complete health and safety management system and act as Principal Designer, ensuring projects achieve top safety and compliance standards while supporting progress toward net-zero. This collaboration proves that sustainability and safety work hand in hand!

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18/11/2025

Safety Starts with Health!
This November, we’re proud to support Movember, a global movement raising awareness for men’s health—mental health, su***de prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer. We believe safety isn’t just about the workplace—it’s about the whole person. Health and wellbeing are critical to keeping everyone safe, both on and off the job.

So, let’s start the conversation:

Check in on your mates—a simple “How are you?” can make a big difference.
Know the signs—mental health matters as much as physical safety.
Take action—book that health check, grow that moustache, and spread the word.

💬 How are you supporting Movember this year? Share your stories below!
https://uk.movember.com/

13/11/2025

Leading the Way? How the UK Stands Out in Workplace Health & Safety ✅

With one of Europe’s lowest fatality rates, growing mental health focus, and innovative tech adoption, the UK sets a strong example. Injury and illness rates are falling — proof that leadership and culture make the difference!

Read the full blog on our website: 👉 https://thesafetydept.com/ukleadinghealthandsafety/

11/11/2025

Congratulations to Andrew! 🎉

We’re proud to celebrate our very own Andrew for successfully achieving his certification in Building Control!

We’re committed to staying ahead of the curve—continually expanding our service offering, deepening our knowledge, and ensuring we remain at the top of our game across the UK. This milestone not only reflects Andrew’s dedication but also strengthens our ability to support clients with even greater expertise.

05/11/2025

🌬️ As it’s Safer Air Week — the below is a timely reminder of the ongoing risks from asbestos in construction!

Take a look at this updated HSE guidance on asbestos management:

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/health-and-safety-executive_asbestos-guidance-management-activity-7389707670192304128-vlbX

Chat to a member of our team for any further advice and understanding of this guide. We assist a number of clients across a range of industries to ensure safe and best working practices.

https://thesafetydept.com/client-health-and-safety-advisors/

04/11/2025

APS Safer Air Week!

Every year, over 5,000 lives are lost to asbestos-related diseases, and hundreds of thousands are exposed to silica dust on UK construction sites.

We are proud to support Safer Air Week which brings together leading industry experts to share practical, evidence-based strategies for recognising, managing, and preventing exposure to harmful airborne substances in construction.

https://www.aps.org.uk/events/safer-air-week -
🎓 Attend all sessions to earn 10 CPD points.

Let’s build safer sites—one breath at a time - we help a number of clients identify, manage, and reduce exposure to harmful airborne substances—supporting safer, compliant projects from design to delivery.