Overhead crane knocks worker from cage
A London firm specialising in bespoke staircases has been sentenced for safety failings after a worker was injured when the personnel cage he was working in was knocked to the…
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Month: June 2015
Suffolk roofer fined after exposing workers to asbestos
A roofer has been fined after exposing workers and the home owners to potentially deadly asbestos fibres at a domestic property in Suffolk. 6 August 2014, David Cummings, t/a Cummings…
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Kier and ISG to head up all star social housing cast for DIY SOS
Kier and ISG to head up all star social housing cast for DIY SOS. Just ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday (27 June) the social housing industry has confirmed…
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Ground worker crushed to death by 1.6 tonnes of steel
A Glasgow construction firm has been sentenced for serious safety failings after a worker was crushed to death when a 1.6 tonnes frame fell onto him during construction of…
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Father and son jailed for roofing con
Robert Bennett and Ronald Reeves, of Acocks Green, targeted vulnerable customers out of thousands of pounds in a roofing con. A father and son have been jailed for unscrupulously targeting…
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A road A303 to be ripped up after poor quality stone was used
The A303 in Wiltshire which has been resurfaced will need to be replaced because quality of the stone used in the original resurfacing was not good enough and could lift because of the heavy traffic. The highways…
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Builders killed by wall collapse inquest begins
An inquest has begun into the events that lead to two ground workers who dies in a wall collapse at a barn renovation at the The Old Maltings building which was…
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Builder falls from third floor in south east london in critical condition
A builder was left fighting for his life in hospital after he fell from the roof of a house he was working on in south east London. A builder took…
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Olympic conversion stadium bill rises to £272m
The Olympic stadium conversion has gone up to £272m the bill was confirmed by the London Legacy Development Corporation this week the stadium which was built for the 2012 Olympics…
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FMB calls on consumers to protect themselves from cowboy builders
Consumers would be safer using independently vetted builders over those found on customer review sites, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). In response to the announcement of an…
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