
Author Rachel Loo


8th Edition OFSEC – Oman’s only and most comprehensive summit & expo on fire, safety and security 08 – 09 October 2024
OFSEC EVENT 2024 is designed to meet the needs of the local, regional and international markets by linking practitioners, suppliers, distributors and manufacturers from the fire, safety, HSE and security industry, with key decision makers from the government and private sectors, making it a definitive networking platform, where new projects and partnerships are initiated and visionary objectives are implemented. Continue →

Partnership to support healthy construction sector
Construction workers across the motu are being encouraged to consider their health and wellbeing goals for the year and access support to achieve them. Continue →

Working in Summer
With December marking the start of summer in Aotearoa New Zealand, it’s important to be aware of the extra health and safety hazards that come with working outside. Continue →

Motivation moves mountains
The early opening of the impressive Taparahi viaduct over the landslide cutting the main access to Coromandel East Coast communities, is an extremely welcome acknowledgement of the professional engineering and construction expertise successfully bridging the massive, unstable subsidence. Continue →

Can an AI trick you into trusting it?
AI can sometimes give incorrect answers or show signs of bias, which has the potential to be dangerous after a recent study found it is capable of eliciting empathy from humans
In a new study, participants showed more empathy for an online anthropomorphic artificial intelligence (A.I.) Continue →

The year that was leaves a legacy
As 2022 finally fades in the rear-view mirror, ending the plethora of analysis and commentary, we brace ourselves to negotiate a sadly familiar conglomeration of new and long-running challenges
The major events of 2021-22, especially the dramatic impact of severe weather and our controversial prolonged Covid 19 national response affecting the social and political landscape, are largely responsible for our faltering economy. Continue →

Industrial Safety News goes Print Free
Media Solutions has always been an innovator and market leader. In 2017 we embarked on a programme to convince readers of our three titles — Infrastructure, Property&Build and Industrial Safety — that there was a defined audience waiting online for their promotion. Continue →

Three essential questions that may save you from hiring the wrong people
Hiring managers are known for asking the wrong interview questions without understanding the kind of questions that will validate culture fit and good leadership skills
Hiring managers are known for asking the wrong interview questions without understanding the kind of questions that will validate culture fit and good leadership skills. Continue →