A scaffolding contractor has been fined after a worker fell from one of its scaffolds suffering fractured shoulder blade, brain haemorrhages and six vertebra fractures. Brighton Magistrates Court heard how, on 15…
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A self-employed contractor who carried out a boiler change has been fined after undertaking gas work on a property whilst not being gas safe registered. Crewe Magistrates’ Court heard how,…
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Laing O’Rourke moving forward by replacing red diesel with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) in all its site plant before the end of March. The move too HVO will be a…
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A builder renovating a domestic property has been prosecuted after his employees were exposed to asbestos in Barnsdale Road, Reading. Reading Magistrates’ Court heard how Mr Lynch, trading as Lynch…
Read MoreThe public raised the alarm after workers were seen working with no fall protection measures on a high rise building in the centre of Manchester the firm has been sentenced…
Read MoreForterra the brick making and masonry products giant has raised prices for some key products by more than 10% and more rises are also in the pipeline. A statement to…
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A company and owner of the building have been fined and sentenced after an employee of a Powys construction company was fatally injured in Liverpool when he fell six metres…
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An Irvine-based construction company and its director have been sentenced to 166 hours community payback and fined £35,332 after multiple health and safety failings, giving rise to significant risk, were…
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Structural steel has risen again in a blow to steel fabricators and contractors the £50 a tonne rise comes at a time of inflation pressures due to rising costs in…
Read MoreConstruction has bounced back to pre pandemic levels after a surge in new work in November with a 5.7% rise in new work that lifted overall construction output by 3.5%….
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