UK Construction week set to highlight skills crisis
UK construction week is coming in two weeks and commences on 8/10/15 with trade stands for building innovation and trades which includes the Grand Designs live shows which are on…
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Month: September 2015
Altrincham building contractor sentenced over multiple safety failings
A Cheshire builder has been sentenced after pleading guilty to multiple health and safety issues at a site in Altrincham where he was carrying out a shop conversion into three…
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Heating Engineer Fined After Homeowners Put At Risk Of Asbestos Exposure
A Self employed Gas Safe Registered Heating Engineer has been fined after removing asbestos lagged pipework in a domestic property with no precautions to prevent exposure to asbestos fibres. Karl…
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Bouygues has signed the UK’s biggest ever building contract
French contractor Bouygues has signed the UK’s biggest ever building contract to deliver phase three of the Battersea Power Station redevelopment. Despite submitting the highest price bid it beat rival…
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Scaffolders safety failings captured by passer by and sent to HSE
Watch the video filmed by a passer by who was concerned enough to film and send the clip to HSE the scaffolder has been prosecuted after he repeatedly allowed unsafe…
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Construction projects rise by 30% according to Barbour ABI
Many construction projects have been put on hold and according to Barbour ABI the value of projects is up 30% in the past 12 months, new data has revealed, despite a…
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Newman Scott call on construction companies to do more for HSE
A national interiors fit-out company Newman Scott, previously prosecuted by the health and safety regulator, is calling on their construction colleagues to act now in improving standards and reduce the…
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Man jailed and grandson fined for illegal and dangerous gas work
A man has been jailed for 26 weeks and his grandson fined thousands of pounds for carrying out illegal and dangerous gas work in Doncaster. Michael Atkinson installed a new…
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Death toll rises in Mecca crane collapse
107 people are confirmed dead in a crane collapse in the holly city of Mecca and a further 200 injured the Grand Mosque known as the Masjid al-Haram when it was…
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Firm fined after teenage carpenter dies after fall from roof
A teenage carpenter who fell to his death from unguarded scaffolding family spoke and said that they can “finally grieve in peace” after a building company Roof Top Rooms was…
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