Drop test of steel Vrs timber scaffold boards
The video shows a test carried out by by PCP Gratings, and shows the impact damage when a 100kg load is dropped from 2500mm firstly on metal scaffold and then on standard…
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Untrained driver of dumper injures man breaking his back
Essex tree specialist company, Oak View Tree Specialists Limited, has been fined after a skip loading dumper overturned severely injuring a worker. Basildon Magistrates’ Court heard how the injured person,…
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Chancellor George Osborne radical planning reform to boost new builds
Chancellor George Osborne is taking on the NIMBYS by launching a radical planning reform to boost new builds and the conversion of current brown field sites, with automatic planning…
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Giant Meccano scaffold errected for Mersea Bridge
The specialist construction equipment, known as a self-launching movable scaffolding system (MSS), is being put together at Merseylink’s Catalyst site. It will be used to build the elevated road viaducts…
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Spurs new plans submitted for 61000 stadium
Tottenham Hotspur have revealed there new stadium plans which will be submitted to the London Borough of Haringey in the coming weeks. The capacity has been increased to 61,000 seats…
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Excavator rescues worker from 4 metre hole
The Fire and Rescue Service in Oxfordshire County Council were mobilized after a report of a man who had fallen down a 4 metre deep hole on the Great Tew Estate…
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London’s construction costs are now second only to New York
London’s construction costs are now second only to New York but only because of the massive difference in labour costs with New York’s construction workers earning an average of £53 per hour – nearly…
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Demolition worker loses life firm fined
Building contractor, Euro Dismantling Solutions Limited was fined for safety failings after a man lost his life during demolition works. Bristol Crown Court heard how demolition work was taking place…
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Man falls 3 meters onto concrete firm fined
A construction company was fined after a worker fell through a roof three metres onto a concrete floor below. On Friday 3 July, Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how Barski Developments…
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Are F-Boards the future for scaffolding?
F-Board is a revolutionary scaffold platform system which was launched in 2014 the F-Board is made to the same size as traditional wooden boards and from 100% recycled plastic, it’s…
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