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A Library of Useful Reading

The Institute's collected reference material — its own publications alongside the industry guidance every demolition engineer should have to hand.

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Demolition publications

A Strategy for Disaster Management in the Built EnvironmentPDF · 7 pages · 3.7 MBDownload →Demolition Engineer, Issue 1PDF · 15 pages · 2.4 MBDownload →IDE Education librarySpreadsheet (Excel)Download →The Demolition ProcessPDF · 12 pages · 2.0 MBDownload →The Management of Demolition ProjectsPDF · 8 pages · 0.3 MBDownload →Tower Block DemolitionPDF · 45 pages · 11.4 MBDownload →Underground Storage TanksPDF · 11 pages · 4.6 MBDownload →

Industry guidance

Published guidance from the Health and Safety Executive and other bodies, gathered here so members are not hunting across a dozen websites. HSE documents are Crown copyright, made available under the Open Government Licence; always check the HSE website for the current edition before relying on one.

DocumentFormat
Asbestos – the Licensed Contractors’ Guide (HSE)HSE website — The file was already missing from the previous website; this links to the HSE publication page.
Control of Lead at Work Regulations Third Edition 2002 (HSE L132)PDF · 118 pages · 0.8 MB
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health [COSHH] Regulations 2002 (as amended) – Control of substances to health 6th Edition [HSE L5]PDF · 100 pages · 0.6 MB
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres (HSE) 2013PDF · 120 pages · 1.0 MB
Explosives Regulations 2014 (HSE)PDF · 114 pages · 1.3 MB
Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 – First aid at work 3rd Edition 2013 [HSE L74]PDF · 41 pages · 2.4 MB
Health and Safety Regulations – Safety Signs and Signals [HSE L64] 2015PDF · 49 pages · 2.2 MB
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations [LOLER] 1998 – Safe use of lifting equipment [HSE L113] 2014PDF · 72 pages · 3.0 MB
Managing the Causes of Work-Related Stress (HSE) 2007PDF · 70 pages · 0.9 MB
Managing & Working with AsbestosPDF · 116 pages · 1.0 MB
Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (HSE) 2016PDF · 66 pages · 0.8 MB
Nanotechnology in Construction and Demolition (IOSH) 2017PDF · 17 pages · 2.8 MB
Nanotechnology in Construction and Demolition: What We Know, What We Don’t (IOSH) 2017PDF · 17 pages · 2.8 MB
Safe Use of Work Equipment. Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulation. Approved Code of Practice Guidance 2018 [HSE L22]PDF · 84 pages · 1.5 MB
Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations 1977 – Consulting workers on health and safety [HSE L146] 2014PDF · 79 pages · 1.5 MB
The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (HSE) 2015PDF · 132 pages · 2.1 MB
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 (HSE) 2015PDF · 52 pages · 0.3 MB
The Safe Use of Vehicles on Construction Sites 2009 (HSE)PDF · 39 pages · 1.4 MB
Work with Display Screen Equipment Guidance on Regulations (HSE 2003)PDF · 68 pages · 0.7 MB
Working with Display Screen Equipment (HSE 2013)PDF · 6 pages · 0.3 MB
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 – Workplace health, safety and welfare 2nd Edition 2013 [HSE L24]PDF · 60 pages · 0.5 MB

Members get more. The full papers library — members’ technical papers, seminar recordings and the Institute’s own body of work — is available in the members’ area, searchable and downloadable, with CPD hours logged as you read and watch.

Seminar recordings

Footage from the Institute’s seminars is published for members, so those who could not attend on the day are not shut out of the material. Recent sessions are available on demand in the members’ area.

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