This essential health and safety guide provides an excellent reference for all those involved in construction activities. The guide provides an understanding of the health and safety risks affecting this important sector of work and assists those responsible to manage them effectively.The practical and informative approach of the publication will provide managers, health and safety practitioners and others who work in the construction industry with a perspective of the significance of health and safety risk in construction activities and an understanding of the control measures that can be applied to manage risk. This publication would be particularly useful for clients, designers, principal contractors, principal designers, contractors and site managers. Those working in facilities and event management industries will also find the guide useful, as many of the risks they encounter are similar.The guide is an excellent source of information for those undergoing the following learning programmes: to meet the requirements of the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety syllabus.