Construction Safety Campaign
Back to Basics
Taking place October 13–24th 2025
#CIFSafety25
Campaign Overview
This year, the CIF Safety Campaign is running from October 13th to 24th, in partnership with Spinal Injuries Ireland. We are asking our members and the wider industry to do something deceptively simple but critically important: get back to basics. Under the campaign theme of ‘Back to Basics’, the CIF has identified five key sub-themes, running from Monday to Friday of each week, to help companies establish their own initiatives for the two-week campaign; these are as follows:
Leadership in Safety
13th October
Utilities
15th October
Developing the Next Generation
17th October
Critical Risks
21st October
Falls from Height
23rd October
At its heart, safety is not about new rules or complex systems. It is about leadership, culture, and people. Over the course of the campaign, we are asking companies across construction to step back, examine their safety management systems, and, most importantly, talk to their teams. Honest conversations, reflective feedback, and an openness to listen can reveal far more than any report. Safety is lived on the ground, and the people delivering our projects often see the risks most clearly.
This year we have already been notified of six fatalities in the construction sector under NACE code F. That number already surpasses the five recorded in the whole of 2024. Most of these deaths were the result of falls from height, the single greatest risk in our industry today. The fact of the matter is even one fatality is one too many.
No one should leave for work in the morning with the prospect of not returning home.
That stark truth is why we are redoubling our efforts. We want companies to use toolbox talks, step-down moments, external speakers, and other practical measures to get these messages across. The tools are there, what matters is that we use them, consistently and openly.
Spinal Injuries Ireland
Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) is the campaign charity partner for 2025. SII provide expert support for people that have these life changing spinal cord injuries through their trauma counselling service, team of national outreach officers, and a peer to peer network among many other services. SII aim to also raise awareness of the dangers onsite and help prevent as many future accidents as possible. SII will be engaging with several sites across Dublin and Ireland over the campaign to bring this message to the people on the ground. For more details, visit: https://spinalinjuries.ie/
Become a partner of Construction Safety Campaign
October 13-24th
The CIF Construction Safety Campaign 2025, Back to Basics, will take place over two weeks from
October 13–24th 2025 – encompassing European Safety Week.
We are asking the construction industry to run safety and health events in line with our key sub-themes, between 13th and 24th October. Following on from 2024’s successful campaign on Critical Risks, the CIF Safety Committee has decided that the theme for 2025 is ‘Back to Basics’. We have identified five key sub-themes, running from Monday to Friday of each week, to help companies establish their own initiatives for the two-week campaign. These are Leadership in Safety, Critical Risks, Utilities, Falls from Height and Developing the Next Generation.
We are encouraging construction contractors and homebuilders to get involved by holding related events across their site and project teams. Through this we hope to increase national alignment, help industry build awareness of these risks, engage the total workforce and get buy-in to a positive safety culture.
How to get involved
Interested in becoming a partner for the Construction Safety Campaign 2025? We’d love to hear from you. Simply email us at [email protected] with the following:
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Your company name
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Contact details
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Company logo
As a partner, your logo will be featured on the campaign partner section of our website. You’ll also receive access to the official 2025 partner logo, which you can use in your communications and promotional materials.
Let us know what safety initiatives your company plans to undertake – we’ll do our best to promote and share your efforts across our CIF platforms.
Don’t forget to use #CIFSafety25 when posting on social media!
Partners 2025
Read more about the Construction Safety Campaign Partners and what initiatives they are doing.
Promotional resources
As a Partner, you can download the resources and use them on your social channels and communications for the Construction Safety Campaign 2025
CIF Safety Campaign 2025 Poster (Pro Print)
29th September 2025 pdf
CIF Safety Campaign Posters 2025 PDF (In-house Print)
29th September 2025 pdf
CIF Safety Campaign 2025 – Logo
4th June 2025 png (206.73 KB)
CIF Safety Campaign 2025 – Partner Logo
4th June 2025 pdf (227.97 KB)
2025 Sponsors
Gold
Hegarty Building Contractors
Walls Construction
Designer Group
John Paul Construction
Suir Engineering
Collen Construction
Bennett Construction
BAM
Dornan Group
Uisce Eireann
Murphy
John Sisk & Son Ltd.
JJ Rhatigan
Silver
Kirby
Jones Engineering
Arachas
Bronze
Winthrop Technologies
GMC
Construction Safety Campaign media
The CIF would encourage all persons and companies undertaking construction type activity to engage with this year’s safety campaign. Capture relevant toolbox talks, share particulars (photos/video content) with CIF: [email protected] and use the campaign hashtag #CIFSafety25 for any social media posts.
View all the videos, podcasts, images and webinars from the Construction Safety Campaign 2025.