November 16th, 2010 
Admin Building a new house yourself, or having it built for you, is an exciting time. However, amid all the excitement, planning and decisions, you should never lose sight of the fact that a building site is potentially a very dangerous place.
Make safety on your construction site a number one priority.
All of the machinery used on a construction site, from mini excavators, cranes, scaffolding and ladders, right down to ordinary electrical drills, will have it’s own particular safety issue. As well as static machinery, there will generally be a large amount of truck and van traffic moving on and off site, often through confined spaces on rough ground and on rutted tracks.
No matter how small the building project, you should treat the construction site as a professional workplace. If you set a high standard of safety from the very start of your house building project, and demonstrate that you are committed to keeping that standard, tradesmen and construction personnel will follow your lead.
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