Man killed in explosion on former London petrol station site
A man in his 50s died in an explosion at a construction site in north London, police have said emergency services, including the London air ambulance, were called to an…
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Kier fined £400000 after worker fractures pelvis
Construction company Kier Construction Limited has been fined £400,000 after a worker fell from height. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how Jair Morales was installing plywood boards covering holes on the…
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Worker seriously burnt on Amey site
Gloucester Crown Court heard the 61-year-old man was working at the site on Eastgate Street on 29 May 2015. While trying to replace the traffic light pole he came into…
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Balfour Beatty fined 240K after floor gives way under bricklayer
Balfour Beatty fined 240K after floor gives way under bricklayer after joists were not installed correctly. A construction company has been fined after flooring at a house-building development gave way,…
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Unexploded WW2 bomb found on building site in London
An unexploded World War Two bomb has been found on a building site in north-west London the 500lb (227kg) device was discovered in The Avenue, Brondesbury Park, shortly before midday by…
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Tyne and Wear bridge giant pylon lift (video)
The new Wear crossing bridge construction is well underway after engineers lifted into place the 1,550 tonnes A-frame centrepiece of Sunderland’s new bridge over the weekend. The massive 100m pylon was raised…
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Bad bricklaying to blame for Edinburgh school wall collapse
A totally unaceptable standard of bricklaying and main contractors’ quality assurance systems have come under fire in a major report into the closure of 17 schools in Edinburgh following a…
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Hewdens fleet of cranes to be auctioned off
Ernst & Young who have been appointed as joint administators have now been forced to appoint auctioneers for a major fire sale of the large crane fleet and thousands of other…
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Top ten news stories on nationaltradesmen.co.uk in 2016
Its been an eventful 2016 with lots of political turmoil and many surprises so we have complied a top ten news stories (by number of views) on nationaltradesmen.co.uk in 2016. So…
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Suspended sentence for employee working at dangerous height
An employee of a steel erection firm has been sentenced at Manchester Magistrates Court after admitted working unsafely at height on a hotel development in central Manchester. Manchester Magistrates Court…
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