A construction company has landed in court after two separate incidents the director, excavator driver and company have been sentenced after serious injuries were sustained after a one worker was…
Read MoreAn electrician died in fall of approximately eight metres when an access panel on the raised walkway of an overhead crane gave way beneath him the firm has been fined…
Read MoreCSCS and CPCS has been controversial with many workers in the construction industry with many workers arguing about the effectiveness of these schemes but now there is a new app…
Read MoreA barge and excavator that were being used on a flood defence job in Leeds has been swept away by the swollen River Aire on BAM’s Leeds flood alleviation scheme. The…
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Two CITB registered construction skills test administrators have been jailed for 28 months each after pleading guilty for fraud after passing CSCS applicants. At court the two administrators pleaded guilty…
Read MoreA scaffolding company based in Ipswich Suffolk has been ordered to pay out more than £500,000 after a worker was left with a life-changing injury in an accident at the site….
Read MoreEmployers and subcontractors have been warned to look very closely at status of self-employed subbies that saw one worker claim back £74,000 in back holiday pay after a supreme court ruling….
Read MoreLabour rates are beginning to ease as softening demand for skilled tradesmen especially in volume house building at the start of 2022. Construction dose traditionally slow down this time of…
Read MoreNew ONS figures have shown how construction activity has overtaken its pre-pandemic level with an r-shaped rebound after output surged 12.7% last year. The latest orders figures from the office for national…
Read MoreThree new battery powered giant Liebher electric crawler cranes have been put to work on HS2 sites as bosses at the massive infrastructure project target diesel-free construction. With only five…
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