Jim Slater

Building a Safer Britain

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"I've been in construction for nearly 40 years, and these days I run an independent consultancy helping people manage design and construction risk properly; not just tick boxes.
 

I started out in mechanical engineering and commercial space planning, which taught me a lot about how buildings actually work and how people use spaces. I set up my own consultancy in 1988, and since then I've worked on projects all over the UK and Europe including Belgium, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.
 

Construction is still one of the riskiest industries; getting the planning wrong or leave hazards unmanaged, and people get hurt, sometimes fatally. And that effects families, friends, colleagues and whole businesses. So health & safety can't be an afterthought; it has to start on day one, with proper planning and honest communication before anyone starts work onsite.

And it's not optional either. CDM Regulations 2015 and the Building Safety Act 2022 put legal duties on clients, designers and contractors to manage risk properly throughout a project. Get it wrong and you're looking at unlimited fines, prosecution and even prison in serious cases.
 

And this where I come in; I help clients, designers and contractors get to grips with regulations and keeping within the law, with practical, no-nonsense advice that keeps you compliant without slowing your project down. Small build projects to complex multi-disciplinary builds, I bring the same mix of professionalism and hands-on knowledge of design and construction risk."