<b>Melissa Blamey looks at the NHBC&amp;’s Health &amp;&amp; Safety Audit and Accreditation Scheme and the first firms to become involved</b><br><b>Construction in September will be remembered mostly for one of the blackest weeks the industry has known for some time. Eight people, including a woman and a child, were killed in construction-related accidents across the UK. While deaths involving members of the public are guaranteed to make headline news, the one or two construction workers who die on average every week and the many more who are injured, barely gain column inches in the trade press.</b><br> The number of fatalities and injuries in construction is an issue raised time and time again, but as the HSE&amp;’s recently published Revitalising Health and Safety discussion document clearly states, &amp;“it&amp;’s time for change&amp;”. A document intended to provoke discussion from all sectors of construction on ways to improve the poor health and safety record of the industry, it encourages everyone to contribute to the consultation process. The approach being &amp;“if we all make the rules, we are all going to stick to them.&amp;” <p></p><p><b><b>pressure to get it right</b></b><br> The HSE makes accountability a key issue in reaching the target of cutting the fatal and …