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
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. The campaign’s main theme, Back to Basics, is supported by five sub-themes: falls from height, working with utilities, leadership and supervision, developing talent, and critical risks management. 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.
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!
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)
Partners 2025
Read more about the Construction Safety Campaign Partners and what initiatives they are doing.
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
Spinal Injuries Ireland
Spinal Injuries Ireland (SII) has been selected as the charity partner for this year’s campaign. SII is a registered charity that actively supports people who sustain a spinal cord injury and the family and friends who love them. For more details, visit: https://spinalinjuries.ie/
Construction Safety Campaign Podcast 2025
Listen to the full series on Spotify