A self-employed electrician has been prosecuted after carrying out gas work without being Gas Safe registered. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard that Robert Parker had carried out gas work between March…
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Poor ground conditions and other issues could see Hinkley Point C costs to rise by up to £2.9bn. A construction update by client EDF Energy confirmed revised project completion costs…
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A gas fitter from Bolton has been sentenced after carrying out defective gas work whilst no longer being gas safe registered. Bolton Crown Court heard how Anthony Lord, trading as…
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Hafeez Ghafoor, formerly a director of the now-dissolved landscaping company R K United Ltd, has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered life changing injuries. Leeds Crown Court…
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A huge crane has seen one of its chains break while lifting a large module on the 213-room Moxy Hotel in Glasgow. The chain failure occured as a prefabricated module was…
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An Aberdeen based roofing contractor has been fined after an employee fell to his death from a ladder while exiting a scaffold at Jute Street in the city. Aberdeen Sheriff…
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Electricians at Crossrail’s Bond Street Station site are unhappy about plans to flood the site with another wave of better paid Electricians. The existing workforce is holding a site meeting…
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Two companies, P.D.R. Construction Limited and Metcalfe Roofing & Building Services Limited, have been fined after a worker fell through a fragile mesh roof whilst carrying out work at height….
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A groundworks company has been fined after a security guard suffered serious hand injuries. Bristol Magistrates’ Court heard how on 17 November 2017 at the site on Ableton Lane in…
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The VAT change has been delayed for one year with the changes threatening a cash-flow crisis across the construction Industry. The construction industry was outraged with more than 150,000 construction…
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