Smarter Regulation Sandbox (SRS)
Enhancing accessibility to health and safety regulatory information through digital technology.
Safetytech Accelerator and Discovering Safety (a programme of work led by Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive, HSE) successfully launched and completed the industry‐leading Smarter Regulation Sandbox project. Running from January 2024 to March 2025, the initiative built on the success of the world’s first Industrial Safetytech Regulatory Sandbox by bringing together industry leaders, tech innovators, and regulators.
Throughout the project, participants explored how access to digital and machine-readable regulations could accelerate compliance, improve efficiency and productivity, and reduce regulatory burdens on industry—all while supporting innovators to bring emerging digital products to market. Insights and outcomes from the project are available further below on this page.
The Sandbox Approach to Problem Solving
In the UK, 69,000 construction workers suffered from work-related ill health, and 45 lost their lives in 2022/23 (HSE statistics). While the construction industry has shown steady long-term improvement, there is always room for further progress.
The Smarter Regulation Sandbox explored how harnessing the full potential of digitalisation of regulations could reduce regulatory burdens and accelerate compliance. Although regulations are available online, not all are machine-readable, and regulatory data is often only accessible on an ad-hoc basis. This programme examined key use cases to demonstrate how the full digitalisation of these regulatory assets could benefit the industry.
The Sandbox provided a safe space for regulators, construction companies, and tech providers to collaborate and uncover how digital regulations and data could drive innovation, unlock new products and services, and create efficiencies in the sector.
This project has now been successfully completed, but you can explore the key insights and findings below.
Smarter Regulation Sandbox: Key Takeaways & Insights
Videos
Event Summary
Innovating Digitised Regulation
Interview
Chris Hall, Health, Safety & Wellbeing Lead at Ferrovial Construction.
Interview
Rakesh Hirani, Head of Sales & Marketing at Navatech Group.
Interview
Caroline Organer, Liability Technical Risk Manager at AXA Insurance
Interview
Craig Streak, Director of SHEQ & Business Performance at Colas Ltd.
Interview
Tim Bulpin, Head of Health and Safety and EDF Energy
Event Summary
Leveraging Big Data & AI for Smarter Regulation
View Our Webinar
Accelerating Safety in Construction Through Digital Innovation
Articles & Downloads
The Impact of the Smarter Regulation Sandbox
Smarter Regulation Sandbox (SRS) summary of use cases
