The British construction sector is set to receive a £17.8m investment to support employers in training and retraining more skilled workers to help the industry face the skills challenges of…
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A company specialising in the manufacture and installation of industrial staircases has been fined following an incident where a worker became trapped at a site on Fenchurch Avenue in London….
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A construction firm carrying out a timber frame build has been sentenced after failing to put measures in place to prevent falls from height and to control risks associated with…
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G O’Brien & Sons (Nationwide Demolition Contractors) Limited has been fined after a nearby worker was seriously injured on a demolition site in Durham. Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court heard that…
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Barking and Dagenham leads the way for London construction standards by signing up to Unites Construction Charter. The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is the first council in the…
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Nicola Hayter, who worked as a bookkeeper was jailed for 3 years for taking monies she was not entitled to form Retrofit UK from 2009 to 2016. The 52-year-old and…
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Construction company Construction 360 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after a worker collapsed and lost consciousness while working at the site of King Asia Foods Ltd, Middle Bank, Sheffield….
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Two rail way workers have been killed after being hit by a train in South Wales on Wednesday morning. The pair who worked for Network rail were pronounced dead at…
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Deaths in construction have fallen to thirty this year, most were from falls from height with the latest figured from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). HSE has today released…
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A huge cylindrical steel column fell from a ten-storey building in Hackney yesterday. The five metre cylindrical column crashed to the street below narrowly missing passing motorists. No-one was injured…
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