A construction worker, working for BAM Nuttall has died after sustaining injuries at an electricity substation in Moray, Scotland on Friday. Health and safety inspectors are now investigating the circumstances of the…
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UCATT have castigated the wall of silence received from major contractor Bam over workplace intimidation, bullying and the threat of blacklisting on a major public project. UCATT officials undertaking a…
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A Nottingham based company has been fined after a worker died from carbon monoxide poisoning while using an accommodation unit. Southwark Crown Court heard that the father of three from Nottingham was carrying…
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Rumours about the offloading of CPCS from the CITB to a privately run consortium have emerged after a review industry’s plant skills card scheme. The CITB own CPCS as a non…
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Liverpool City Council and two of its contractors have been prosecuted following two separate incidents involving roadworks on a busy city centre road. One man died and another was seriously…
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Builders merchant Travis Perkins is to shut 30 branches in what it has described as an “uncertain” market outlook. The building supplies giant that also owns Wickes and Tool Station…
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A building contractor has been fined after a worker was killed when a load fell from a tower crane during a lifting operation in Colchester. Urban Summit Construction Ltd was…
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Construction Leadership Council in February 2016 commissioned quantity surveyor Mark Farmer to undertake a review of the UK’s construction labour model on behalf of the government. The report which has…
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Coleman and Company have been removed as the main contractor after a series of issues at the Didcot Power Station, RWE NPower have been a pointed new contractor Brown & Mason…
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A Cornish construction company has been fined after their worker had to have both legs amputated, around the knee, after being crushed by a dumper truck. Roger Daw, 58, was…
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