Specialist contractor Southern Piling has been fined £16,000 after admitting using an auger without a safety guard. The HSE inspector who caught the company out said that “there was simply no excuse for the way the machine was being used. It was in the middle of the site and there
Ascertus also implementing iManage Work Mobility for anytime, anywhere document access London, U.K. – 19 August 2015 – Hanson, the country’s largest supplier of ready-mix concrete, has deployed an email and document management solution based on iManage Work (formerly HP Worksite) from Ascertus Limited for its legal department. Ascertus provides
Ireland’s CRH has today become the world’s third largest building materials firm and the second biggest in aggregates. Ireland’s CRH has today become the world’s third largest building materials firm and the second biggest in aggregates. Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Cemex has been told that the European Commission (EC) has closed the investigation into anti-competitive practices initiated in December 2010 and that it will not be subject to any fines. Cemex has been told that the European Commission (EC) has closed the investigation into anti-competitive practices initiated in December 2010
Anglo American has completed the sale of its 50% ownership interest in Lafarge Tarmac Holdings to Lafarge SA. Anglo American has completed the sale of its 50% ownership interest in Lafarge Tarmac Holdings to Lafarge SA. Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Specialist contractor Southern Piling has been fined £16,000 after admitting using an auger without a safety guard. The HSE inspector who caught the company out said that “there was simply no excuse for the way the machine was being used. It was in the middle of the site and there was nothing to prevent the guard from being fitted.” Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard how Health & Safety Executive (HSE) inspector Melvyn Stancliffe made an inspection of a site in Maidstone, Kent, in December 2014 and saw how the piling rig was being operated with no safety guard. HSE had previously visited three Southern Piling sites and had raised concerns about the guarding standards on each occasion. After the fourth site visit, the HSE was told that the machine had been in use for more than two weeks without the guard. Southern Piling Limited, of The Pagets, Newick, Lewes, East Sussex, was fined a total of £16,000 and ordered to pay nearly £5,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaches of Regulation 11(1)(a) of PUWER 1998 and Regulation 13(2) of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007. Speaking after the hearing, Melvyn Stancliffe said: “I dread to think, even at low speed, what might have happened had someone inadvertently fallen on to the unguarded auger. This is incredibly powerful machinery, capable of causing life-changing or even fatal injuries.”
Ascertus also implementing iManage Work Mobility for anytime, anywhere document access London, U.K. – 19 August 2015 – Hanson, the country’s largest supplier of ready-mix concrete, has deployed an email and document management solution based on iManage Work (formerly HP Worksite) from Ascertus Limited for its legal department. Ascertus provides tailored information and document lifecycle management solutions to in-house legal departments and law firms in the UK. The legal department at Hanson now has a centralised solution comprising matter-related workspaces, enabling users to securely store all information pertaining to individual transactions across data sources – including correspondence, emails, and a variety of documents. The iManage Work solution implemented by Ascertus is delivering efficiency gains to the company’s legal department. The email management system enables all outbound and inbound emails on transactions and associated documents to be saved to a central repository. Users are able to effortlessly share and locate information due to a simple, intuitive and indexed folder structure; and Google-like advanced text search capability offered by the iManage Work solution. In conjunction with iManage Work, Ascertus has implemented pdfDocs, enabling users to quickly create pdfs of documents from within Microsoft Outlook and directly store them in the central repository as needed. Hanson selected Ascertus for its extensive experience in delivering iManage Work-based email and document lifecycle management solutions to corporate legal departments. Following the company’s independent market investigation, iManage Work was the document management solution of choice due to the tool’s proven suitability for a legal environment and seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook. “Ascertus has delivered a user-friendly solution that meets our department’s specific business needs,” said Ed Gretton, Head of Legal at Hanson. Ascertus is also implementing iManage Work Mobility for the legal department at Hanson. This will ensure that the legal team has access to critical case information and documents via their Blackberry devices while out of the office or on the move. “In today’s digital environment, the complexity of information management has grown manifold,” commented Roy Russell, Managing Director and CEO of Ascertus Limited. “We’ve undertaken numerous iManage Work implementations in corporate legal departments, so intrinsically appreciate the document management challenges of lawyers. Adopting email and document management technology offers an easy win towards efficiency, but also corporate imperatives such as compliance, so that lawyers can maintain focus on the core aspects of their jobs. We are delighted to be working with a company of the calibre of Hanson.” About Ascertus Limited Ascertus provides information and document lifecycle management consultancy, software solutions and IT support services to law firms and corporate legal departments. Based in Central London, the company offers a full range of professional services – from consultancy, business analysis and project management; to software implementation, training, documentation and technical support – delivering bespoke email, contract and document management solutions in on-premises and privately hosted environments. The company has successfully delivered and managed some of the largest iManage Work installations at customer sites in the UK. For more information, visit: www.ascertus.com. Media contacts: TagusPR Vidushi Patel vidushi@taguspr.co.uk +44 7958474632 Nita Shah nita@taguspr.co.uk
Ireland’s CRH has today become the world’s third largest building materials firm and the second biggest in aggregates. Ireland’s CRH has today become the world’s third largest building materials firm and the second biggest in aggregates. Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Cemex has been told that the European Commission (EC) has closed the investigation into anti-competitive practices initiated in December 2010 and that it will not be subject to any fines. Cemex has been told that the European Commission (EC) has closed the investigation into anti-competitive practices initiated in December 2010 and that it will not be subject to any fines. Read Full Article: The Construction Index
Anglo American has completed the sale of its 50% ownership interest in Lafarge Tarmac Holdings to Lafarge SA. Anglo American has completed the sale of its 50% ownership interest in Lafarge Tarmac Holdings to Lafarge SA. Read Full Article: The Construction Index
