The Health and Safety Panel has representatives on a number of external groups in order to stay up to date with current health and safety best practice.
SCOSS - Standing Committee on Structural Safety
SCOSS is an independent body established in 1976 and is supported by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Health and safety Executive to maintain a continuing review of building and civil engineering matters affecting the safety of structures.
HSE - Health and Safety Executive
HSE's job is to protect people against risks to health or safety arising out of work activities.
CONIAC - Construction Industry Advisory Committee
The Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) advises the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on the protection of people at work (and others) from hazards to health and safety within the building, civil engineering and engineering construction industry.
ConstructionSkills
ConstructionSkills is a partnership between CITB-ConstructionSkills, the Construction Industry Council and CITB Northern Ireland that covers the whole industry, the whole of the UK, and all of the issues that the industry faces.
CIC - Construction Industry Council
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) is the representative forum for the professional bodies, research organistaions and specialist business associations in the construction industry. It provides a single voice for professionals in all sectors of the built environment through it collective membership of 500,000 individual professionals and 25,000 firms of construction consultants.
Other Construction Related Institutions