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Construction Site Safety Online

This online version of Construction site safety (GE 700) is user-friendly and handy for instant access through our online portal, GOLD (Gateway to online learning and development). The 2013 edition has been re-developed and content has been completely re-authored by industry experts. It has been reorganised in a more logical and intuitive way, making it quicker and easier to access all the information you require. It features easy-to-use and understand improved navigation controls and includes a full search facility.
Subscription for GE 700 Online is for full access for 12 months, and you will always have access to the most up-to-date edition. To ensure that you are able to access and use this product you can log into GOLD as a guest user and open a taster version of this product, which includes two sample chapters. If you can access the taster version of the product you will be able to access the full version. Please visit GOLD and click on guest access.
Construction site safety is the leading publication within the construction industry for authoritative information on current construction health, safety and environment legislation, guidance and best practice.
Managing a site can be demanding and we recognise that having quick and easy access to the correct, up-to-date practical guidance is important. Following consultation and feedback with industry, including site managers, we have extensively redeveloped GE 700 into a 'one stop- must have' product that has the busy site manager firmly in mind.
GE 700 follows the standard structure used across all CITB-ConstructionSkills core publications and digital editions.
Section A Legal and management
Section B Health and welfare
Section C General safety
Section D High risk activities
Section E Environment
Section F Specialist activities
The colour-coded chapters within each section have a single column format, to improve readability, simplified language, new icons and more images. New content, case studies and practical day-to-day guidance give advice on what to do in some situations, and legislation within chapters has been refreshed and streamlined to provide additional advice on solutions.
These sections are supported by Section G Checklists and forms, which has been created to contain all the checklists and forms that users will find useful on a day-to-day basis.
Revised annually, this is the only item that brings everything you need to know about construction health, safety and environment together in one place.
A free companion website has been created to support GE700 which keeps users informed of news, legislation changes, content updates and related topic web-links, best practice and industry safety alerts:
www.citb-constructionskills.co.uk/GE700companion
GE 700 is the official supporting publication for the CITB-ConstructionSkills Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS), a five-day course for construction site managers.
Please note that you are unable to print a full chapter or cut/copy and paste text, but there is the facility to print one page as required. For those requiring a hard copy version, the full GE 700/13 is most appropriate. GE 700 is also available on CD-ROM. It is part of a catalogue of CITB-ConstructionSkills health, safety and environment publications. For the full range of publications offered visit the CITB-ConstructionSkills website.
Contents
Section A: Health and safety law; The Health and Safety at Work Act; Construction (Design and Management) Regulations; Health and safety policies; Risk assessments and method statements; Induction training; Safety critical communication; Behavioural safety; Leadership and worker engagement; Inspections and audits; Statutory forms, notices and registers; Accident prevention and control; Accident reporting and investigation.
Section B: The management of health; Welfare facilities; Work-related stress; Drugs and alcohol; First aid; Personal protective equipment; The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH); Skin protection; Asbestos; Dust and fumes; Carbon monoxide; Lead; Noise; Vibration; Manual handling.
Section C: Site organisation; Fire prevention and control; Electrical safety; Temporary works; Plant and work equipment; Mobile plant and vehicles; Lifting operations; Lifting equipment.
Section D: The Work at Height Regulations; Safe working on roofs and at height; Common access equipment; Scaffolding; Fall arrest and suspension equipment; Frame erection; Excavations; Underground and overhead services; Confined spaces; Dangerous substances.
Section E: Sustainable construction and the environment; Resource efficiency; Waste management; Energy management; Water management; Statutory nuisance; Ecology; Contaminated land; Archaeology and heritage; Site environment management systems.
Section F: Street works and road words; Trackside safety; Demolition; Shopfitting and interior contracting; Working over or near to water; Mobile workforce; House building.
Section G: Checklists and forms