Worlds largest wind farm given go ahead
Thousands of jobs in construction are set to be created after a project to build the world’s largest wind farm was given the go-ahead. Hornsea One will be built off…
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Month: February 2016
Manhattan crane collapse (Video)
A tower crane collapsed in lower Manhattan causing panic in a nearby building the incident that happened in TriBeca, New York City. The man has now been named as David…
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Window fitter in Londons West End risks 8 meter fall
A company which manufactured and installed windows has been fined £36,000 after carrying out work in the West End of London with no measures to prevent the workers falling eight…
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Fatal tower block blaze caused by lack of fire doors
Housing manager Lewisham Homes has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £23,407 prosecution costs for breaking fire safety laws following a fatal fire in a Deptford tower block in…
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Scaffolding company fined after worker falls through roof
A scaffolding company based in Dorset has been fined for safety failings following an incident where an employee fell through a roof light. Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how Weller Scaffolding…
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Fraudsters set up 15 construction companies
A web of ‘construction and civil engineering’ companies with reported combined sales of over £50 million and assets of £8.4 million, but run solely as instruments of fraud to obtain…
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British Gas to close down loft and cavity wall arm
500 staff are to be made redundant by British Gas as it shuts its cavity wall loft and insulation business. Centrica’s plan to shed 6,000 jobs is an attempt to cut parent…
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Ainscough “Shutdown” as crane drivers go on strike
Today’s (1 February) rock solid strike action by crane operators at the UK’s largest mobile crane hire firm, Ainscough, has caused a near total shutdown of operations with less than…
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Bricklayer dies after pack of bricks crushed him
A Cheshire construction company has been prosecuted following a fatal accident in 2011 at a site in Wimslow. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Edgemere Projects Ltd of Tarporley, Cheshire, was…
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