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Virtual reality and construction inductions

August 15, 2019

Virtual reality and construction inductions

Traditional induction methods often see poor knowledge retention, low engagement and don’t address the challenges of an ever-changing construction environment. New Zealand based engineering company Beca have designed a VR solution...

Toolbox Talk - Listening to health and safety

August 13, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Listening to health and safety

Hearing is an essential way to track and understand what is happening around you. Our hearing is extremely well attuned to our surroundings, it’s the brains first response system. It tells us when to pay attention and shapes our understanding of what is happening.

August 8, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Lasers

Lasers are very commonly used across the construction industry and when something is so commonly used, it can be perceived to be harmless to a degree. This is not the case.

July 29, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Fatigue Management

Working in the construction industry is taxing - physically and mentally. It involves heavy lifting, a lot manual labour, long days, sometimes night shifts. A personal fatigue management plan is a must if you're going to be productive everyday on site.

July 23, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Concrete PPE Check

Working with concrete can be extremely hazardous to your health if you're not wearing the appropriate PPE. Make sure you're covering yourself (literally) by checking out this week's Toolbox Talk.

Top 7 Safety Best Practices for NZ Construction Workers

July 19, 2019

Top 7 Safety Best Practices for NZ Construction Workers

Rewarding as it may be, construction work does have inherent hazards that need to be managed and mitigated.

July 16, 2019

Toolbox Talk - The Complacency Cycle

It's incredible becoming a master of anything within your life - professionally or personally. This is only done through consistent repetition of the same task again and again but what happens when your mastery of something leads to a degree of complacency?

5 Signs That Work in Construction Is the Right Career Path

July 10, 2019

5 Signs That Work in Construction Is the Right Career Path

In New Zealand, the construction industry is a source of honourable and dignified work. If you’ve got the skills and the inclination, a profession in this sector also stands to be very lucrative as well.

July 9, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Hard Hat integrity

We take our hard hats for granted - we may not always wash them correctly, store them in appropriate places when note being used and add additional features to them that could easily be compromise their integrity.

July 4, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Stress

Everyone suffers from a degree of stress whether is personal or professional - it does not matter what stresses you out as different people are impacted by different things.

Toolbox Talk - PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

June 25, 2019

Toolbox Talk - PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)

None of us wake up in the mornings and plan to get injured or even worse killed at work but the reality is that millions of construction personnel have unfortunately and tragically lost their lives on site.

June 17, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Eye Injuries

Do not underestimate the fragility of our eyes, they are sensitive and must be looked after. There are so many injuries especially on a construction site that could result in harm to our eyes even when wearing safety glasses/ Check out this week's Toolbox Talk on eye injuries and protection.

Toolbox Talk - Intestinal Fortitude (Go with your gut!)

June 14, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Intestinal Fortitude (Go with your gut!)

‘Intestinal fortitude’ is having the courage to speak up and to act when something doesn’t feel safe or right to you which is so important especially on construction sites.

Why timber stacks up in the construction climate change emergency

June 7, 2019

Why timber stacks up in the construction climate change emergency

The construction industry could pioneer a radical initiative that would significantly reduce carbon emissions that would not involve additional costs.

June 4, 2019

Toolbox Talk - Hazard Reporting

Is hazard reporting really all that important? What are the impacts of not reporting a hazard and making an assumption that everyone on site knows about it?

Starting off in construction? Build your construction career!

May 27, 2019

Starting off in construction? Build your construction career!

Attitude, building your soft skills and Site Safe Passports - possess these three things and you'll have the most solid foundation for a budding construction career!

April 30, 2019

Max People Health & Safety Toolbox Talk

80% of all fires in commercial properties are extinguished in the early stages by a member of the public, without the need for firefighters. Of these fires, 90% are extinguished using a fire extinguisher.

March 5, 2019

Risk and Impacts of Wood Dust

Are you aware that larger particles of wood dust can be filtered out by a person's upper respiratory system but smaller particles can go deep into the lungs causing damage and scarring to the lung tissue? Read on and educate yourself on how to prevent inhalation.