About

CIP Knowledge provides:-

• Accurate Information - written by two panels of leading health and safety and environmental professionals working hands-on in the construction industry, Participating companies include Laing ORourke, Wates, Miller Homes, Skanska, JRL Reddington, John Sisk and Sons, BAM, Kier, and Build UK.
• Current information -CIP Knowledge is continually updated as and when legislation changes or when new guidance is issued by the HSE and Trade Associations on construction related activities.
• Comprehensive information - the manual comprises of over 50 sections covering all aspects of the Health & Safety and Environmental function as it relates to the industry both for management and operational activities.
• Readily Understood information - the manual addresses the problem of complicated legislation written in legalese by publishing the official text as written and alongside, providing straightforward guidance by explaining and demystifying that text in a simple, understandable form.
• Sample forms and check lists that can be self-prepared for such things as Lifting Plans and Fire Risk Assessments for Offices are also included.
• Monthly Payments - make budgeting easier by spreading the cost of a subscription over 12 months using the PayPal service.
• Multi-user licenses and the ability to set up named users.
• The ability to view recent searches, recent activity, bookmark key pages and information on recently updated sections and pages.
• A print function to print individual website pages in a useable readable format.
• A comprehensive boolean search facility.
• A chat function to ask questions, comment on pages, report problems or provide general feedback on the service.
• A Month FREE Trial - register for a free one month no obligation trial here and see how CIP Knowledge can start helping your business worker safer and more sustainable.

Every effort will be made by the publishers to ensure that this work continues to render the greatest possible service and, to that end, any suggestions for new subject matter or any ideas for improvement will always be welcomed.

Industry Expert Contributors

Martin Ballard

• Employer / Role: Willmott Dixon Holdings, Group Environment Manager
• Experience: Chartered Environmentalist and Chartered Manager with twenty five years in regulatory enforcement, utility operational and infrastructure contract management, most recently seven years built environment construction compliance auditory assurance and systems management.

Jamie Bardot BSc, LLM, CEnv, MIEMA

• Employer / Role:  Morgan Sindall, Principal Environmental Advisor
• Experience:  A Chartered Environmentalist who started his career working as an ecologist across Europe before starting working on civil engineering projects in the water sector.  Jamie has spent 16 years providing environmental leadership across multiple development sectors bringing a pragmatic approach to facilitating major infrastructure projects from board level though to operations.  He is responsible to for several ‘firsts’ including the UKs first carbon calculator to inform investment decisions which included soil sequestration lost and early adopter of new working methods.

 Mark Blundy

• Employer/role: Bowmer & Kirkland Group Director of Health & Safety
• Experience: Site Engineer followed by over 15 years as an HSE Inspector, and held senior roles in home building, civil engineering and construction since 2003. 

Jamie Edmonds MSc, BSc (Hons), MCIEEM,PIEMA

• Employer / Role: Kier Utilities and Rail, Business Stream Environment Manager
• Experience: Over 13 years industry experience covering a wide range of disciplines from Highways to Rail to Environmental Services and Utilities. Specialising in ecology and community engagement.  Winner of the CIRIA 2018 BIG Biodiversity Champion. 

Margaret Grahamslaw RGN BSc (Hons) MSc CMIOSH

• Employer / Role: B&CE/People’s Health, Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing
• Experience: Margaret is playing a central role in the development of B&CE’s new occupational health solution which will support improving the health of workers in the construction industry.  A Registered Nurse and a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Margaret has been an occupational health professional for over 20 years. She has an MSc in Occupational Health, Safety and Environment from the University of Birmingham and a BSc (Hons) in Management and Technology from the Open University.

Liz Groundland 

• Employer/Role: Seddon Construction Ltd, Head of SHEQ
• Over 20 years’ experience in risk management in the construction and civil engineering sector. Currently based in Bolton, Greater Manchester working for Seddon  and has previously held roles at Lend Lease and Balfour Beatty.

Dave Hickman –  B.Tech Mech Eng, CMIOSH

• Employer/Role: Miller Homes , Group SHE Director 
• Experience: 35 years in construction and associated businesses including plant hire, refurbishment, construction, civil engineering and home building

 EurIng David Lambert BSc(Hons) CEng MICE CMAPS CMIOSH ICE H&S Register (Advanced)

• Role/employer: Former Senior SHE Manager Kier Group plc. Now independent Health and Safety Consultant
• Experience: A Chartered Civil Engineer and Chartered H&S professional. Over 44 years experience across a wide range of construction and related sectors covering civil engineering, building, maintenance and facilities management, including  project management, design, consultancy and governance. Former head of SHE at UKCG and past Chair of ICE H&S Panel.

Neil Murray, BA (Hons), University of Keele, Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Safety, University of Aston, CMIOSH

• Role / employer: HSE (including Principal Inspector, Channel Tunnel Construction and Head of Construction Policy ), SGB Services Ltd, Thames Water, consultant with clients in construction, manufacturing and transport.
• Experience:  Over 40 years in health and safety, including HSE inspector over 23 years, then UK and international director and consultant roles in construction, water and waste water, engineering, rail and water transport and manufacturing. The creator of many award winning films including "The Cost of Accidents", and membership and trusteeship of key industry advisory committees.

 Suzannah Nichol  MBE

• Employer/role: Build UK, Chief Executive
• Experience: Inspired by a site visit during work experience Suzannah began her career in construction as a site engineer with the Lovell Group.  She then qualified as a health and safety professional before moving on to represent the industry.  Suzannah now heads up Build UK, the largest trade body in construction, and has been on the panel for over 20 years.

Keith Prince, BEng, CEng, MICE

• Employer/role: Laing O'Rourke Infrastructure, HS&E Business Unit Leader
• Experience: A chartered Civil Engineer and HS&E Professional with 24 years’ experience in the construction, civil engineering, major infrastructure, water, power, aviation and utilities sectors.

Gareth Rondell

• Employer/role: CHAS Sustainable Business Lead
  Experience: Gareth is an environmental scientist by qualification, graduating from the University of East Anglia in 1993, where he studied marine and terrestrial ecology, and environmental economics and politics. Gareth brings extensive knowledge and experience with over 25 years’ experience as a sustainability and stakeholder engagement expert and practitioner in private and publicly owned businesses, regulated utilities and conservation organisations.

Jason Rowley

• Employer/role: Retired – Formerly Group H&S Director at Carillion
• Experience: H&S Professional with 39 years’ experience particularly in the construction, energy and services sectors at Director level.

  Martin Worthington

• Employer/Role::  SHEQ Director (Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd)
• Experience: Martin is a Corporate Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH). He is based in Salford and is responsible for Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality matters within Morgan Sindall - Construction and Infrastructure.  Martin is a member of the Senior Management Board.  Martin previously held senior roles providing leadership in the development of Safety, Health, Environmental & Quality management systems and staff across the UK and internationally (Hong Kong) on activities including; building, civil engineering, piling, tunnelling , pre-cast works and utilities.