Construction bookkeeper jailed for three years
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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Building firm fined after worker suffered carbon monoxide poisoning
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 Network rail workers killed in Port Talbot
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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HSE reveal 30 died in construction industry last year
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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Steel cylinder column falls 10 floors from Hackney school narrowly missing passers by
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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Company director and two construction companies sentenced after worker falls from height
A company director has received a Community Service Order and two construction companies have been fined after a worker suffered life changing injuries following a fall from a scaffold tower…
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Record breaking concrete pour at Hinkley point is completed (Video)
UK’s biggest ever concrete pour at Hinkley point, the base slab is in place for the country’s newest nuclear power station, the reactor construction is now ready to go ahead…
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Barratt Developments buys specailist timber frame company
Barratt Developments has leaped into the offsite production market and has bought one of the UK’s largest timber frame manufacturers. Selkirk, Scotland based Oregon Timber Frame Limited is currently one…
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Construction disputes at all time low, are we getting better?
The value of construction disputes in the UK averaged just US$17.9m in 2018; well below the global average of US$33m and marking a significant decrease over the last six years….
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Construction slave bosses exploited workers with fake CSCS cards
A Romanian crime group organised the exploration and slavery of fellow Romanians, the men have been sentenced to 28 years in jail for construction modern slavery and Proceeds of Crime Act…
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