Health and Safety Group ACE's Health and safety group brings together experts in health and safety from across the engineering sector to help to support ACE members with all matters relating to health and safety. The group's work includes development, implementation, promotion and dissemination of best practice in the areas of health and safety within the SME community. The formation of the group sees ten to fifteen company representatives who must be health and safety champions within their own companies.

	Quick links Key health and safety website links for the engineering professionals Monday, 17 October 2011 ACE's health and safety group has compiled a quick reference to key health and safety organisations for ACE members IOSH – the chartered professional body for health and safety professional www.iosh.co.uk Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) www.ssip.org.uk Health and Safety Executive (HSE) www.hse.gov.uk British Safety Council (BSC) www.britsafe.org

	Health and Safety briefing notes Briefing notes are concise guides to specific issues. They aim to provide information about initiatives and developments that might affect member companies. In many cases they provide outline guidance of things members can do in response. ACE member companies have access to the range of briefing notes as part of their subscriptions; non-members may be able to purchase individual briefing notes through ACE Bookshop.

	Briefings   Effective health and safety communication     Client leadership on health and safety     H&S terms of reference     Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008     Safe Driving at Work     Asbestos at Work Regulations - What it means to you     Mobile Telephones: New penalties for illegal mobile phone use

	Health and safety updates HSE site-inspection charge delay Biometrics Hungry Olympic workers involved in more accidents HSE to visit construction sites HSE swooping for nationwide clampdown Take part in the Red Tape Challenge Building work officially completed ahead of Olympics HSE: Workplace deaths increased in 2011 Guidelines unveiled to cut risk of fire on timber frame construction sites

	British Safety Council unveils LOFSTEDT report

	Group members The Group is currently chaired by Nigel Valvona, health and safety director at Halcrow.  Currently the following member firms which are represented on the Group:  Mott MacDonald  URS Scott Wilson  Tony Gee and Partners  Royal Haskoning Arup    WYG  WSP  Buro Happold  Hoare Lea Capita Symonds If you would like more information about joining the Health and Safety Group, please contact Sharon Akumiah, senior legal assistant at ACE on sakumiah@acenet.co.uk  or 020 7227 1895

	Terms of reference H&S terms of reference