Illegally demolished homes to be rebuilt brick by brick
A council in East London has ordered the owners of three conservation area victorian houses to rebuild them exactly as they were before after they were demolished in one evening….
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Month: September 2017
FMB members vote for continuation of CITB levy under suspiction
The CITB has won a vote for the continuation of the levy in suspicious circumstances after the FMB put is voters weight behind CITB giving them a majority of just…
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Foreman and developer jailed after carpenter death
Foreman Grant Oakes, 46 and company director Michael Holland, 69, had denied a charge each of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the death of 55-year-old carpenter David Clark. Clark…
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Construction company fined after breaching gas safety laws
A North West building firm and its director have been fined after a family of four were hospitalised due to exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) at their home. Manchester (Minshull…
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Son sends dad off in coffin carried by digger
A Son carries his digger drivers dad’s coffin to church in the bucket of a JCB. James, 28, who lives with his wife in Blackley gave his dad a fitting…
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Chuka Umunna MP, claims construction workers still blacklisted
Unite, the UK’s largest construction union, has called on the government to act decisively to end the nefarious practice of blacklisting once and for all, by barring blacklisters from public…
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Owner of a block of flats fined £200,00 for endangering workers
The owner of block of flats was prosecuted after a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspection identified serious safety breaches while it was being demolished. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that…
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