In the last week, we've received a number of notifications of upcoming webinars and newly released guidance from our friends at BSI, BEIS, CIBSE and HSE. We've listed them below - have a read through these and pick up any that are relevant to you and your business. If you still have unanswered questions, please do get in touch and we'll do our very best to answer them or point you in the right direction for more information.
Webinars
HOSTED BY BSI
Protect your workers: returning to the 'new normal'
Thursday 28 May, 6am OR Friday 5 June, 10am
The session will explore some of the key Health and Safety issues that individuals and organisations who work in construction, maintain facilities or decommission assets should consider in relation to COVID-19 risk management on their return to work. Register here.
HOSTED BY BEIS (Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
Over the next two weeks BEIS is holding a series of sector-specific Coronavirus webinars for business to highlight what you need to do to keep your workplace as safe as possible:
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) have compiled a series of guidance documents to highlight a number of potentially overlooked areas that need to be considered as businesses start to bring staff back into work premises:
> Emerging from lockdown - Safely re-occupying buildings
> Ventilation guidance
> Recommissioning of lifts and escalators
Health and Safety Executive have created a suite of new guidance to highlight legionella risks for businesses who were closed or had reduced occupancy during the pandemic.
Free access to standards from BSI...in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, BSI has worked with international standards organisations to make a range of Business Continuity and Risk Management standards freely accessible to businesses.
These standards offer information and practical advice for businesses and individuals to help the business community navigate the challenges and potential risks associated with the current global crisis.
