Two firms fined as worker falls three meters of ledge
A window fitting company and the principal contractor at a construction site have been fined for safety failings after a worker fell a total of three metres while installing glazed…
Read MoreA window fitting company and the principal contractor at a construction site have been fined for safety failings after a worker fell a total of three metres while installing glazed…
Read MoreConstruction union UCATT have described the decision of Land Securities, the UK’s largest construction client, to require all of their construction projects to pay the Living Wage as a “game…
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Read MoreConstruction employers have come together to design a new apprenticeship standard aimed at ensuring the next generation of workers have the skills they need to succeed. The standard for plastering…
Read MoreUCATT conference has today (May 18th) voted for a merger or transfer of engagements to Unite the Union. The union made the decision in order to preserve its existing structures…
Read MoreA Darlington man has been jailed for carrying out illegal gas work on three occasions. Teeside Magistrates’ Court heard Neil Simon McKimm (trading as Macs Plumbing Services) carried out gas…
Read MoreA major structural collapse has occurred on the site of deck of a major vertical lifting bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal near the Barton Bridge on the M60, the moving…
Read MoreAll small builders out there know that health and safety is critical to their business and lack of planning and paperwork can be bad news if an accident happens on…
Read MoreThe Home Builder Federation has managed to encourage major players in the house building sector to raise the output of new homes in the UK after months of negotiations with…
Read MoreThe construction industry has long tried and failed to standardise the hard hat color for workers by their skills color coding will be introduced all sites that have signed up for…
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