A Hitchin-based construction company has been sentenced after a carpenter sustained nerve and tissue damage to his lower back after a fall from height. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard on 2…
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Robert Harvey, sole director and employee of Front Row Builders Ltd has been sentenced after an employee, Nicholas Hall was crushed to death by an excavator bucket, which Harvey was…
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BWL Consulting has launched a unique no win no fee solution to help construction businesses of all sizes pursue their dispute or claim without the worry of spiralling costs and…
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The shocking collapse of the under construction Hard Rock hotel in New Orleans has seen two dead and one missing after a crane and large part of the building crashed…
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Cemex UK Operations Limited has been fined £1m after a worker suffered fatal injuries when he was struck on the body by a centering machine lifting mast. Livingston Sheriff Court…
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A building company has been fined after a roof worker fell about three and a half metres through an unprotected skylight opening. Coventry Magistrates’ Court heard that on 6 June…
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Kingspan is to buy SIG insulated wall, roof panel and profiled metal cladding business for £37.5m SIG Building Solutions is a leading manufacturer and distributor of building envelope solutions operating through…
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This construction life is a new published book about one mans time in the building trade, nationaltradesmen.co.uk talks to its author , Patrick Butler. The general public’s preconceived ideas about…
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Masher Brothers Limited was sentenced after a trainee worker suffered life-changing injuries when his hand was caught in a rip saw. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 20 February 2018,…
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Buyers report a “mired in a downturn” in the construction industry which is down a couple of points from last months reports. IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index posted 43.3…
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