Construction union UCATT are planning to hold a fresh wave of demonstrations, after employers blocked proposals to ensure that workers employed under the largest construction agreement receive the London Living…
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Brick manufacturer fined after worker injured and loses two toes A brick manufacturer has been fined after one of its employees was seriously injured. The incident, on 27 February 2014,…
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A large explosion has killed two me at a digger bucket makers in Norfolk on Monday morning the blast at Harford Attachment’s plant in Hellesdon where the firm makes excavator buckets…
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A new digital service making it easier and quicker for developers to access land use planning information and advice becomes available as of 13/07/15. The Health and Safety Executive is…
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The construction skills crisis is already underway with contractors and employers saying they can no longer recruit higher skilled staff they need, with %73 reporting they are struggling to fill…
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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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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 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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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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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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