The Construction Product Association’s latest Construction Trade Survey, published today, shows that the construction industry grew for a fourteenth consecutive quarter in Q3 but the rising cost of materials post…
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A worker died and two others were badly injured at a construction site in Putney, when a temporary platform collapsed. Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 29 October 2012, a…
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With all of the talk of Brexit and possible recession the UK’s construction industry particularly housing building has shown a “solid” rise after construction activity hit a seven-month high in…
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A Luton man has been jailed for 18 months and recommended for deportation for illegally working in the UK and falsely obtaining construction skills certification cards, following a Construction Industry…
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A construction worker, working for BAM Nuttall has died after sustaining injuries at an electricity substation in Moray, Scotland on Friday. Health and safety inspectors are now investigating the circumstances of the…
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UCATT have castigated the wall of silence received from major contractor Bam over workplace intimidation, bullying and the threat of blacklisting on a major public project. UCATT officials undertaking a…
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A Nottingham based company has been fined after a worker died from carbon monoxide poisoning while using an accommodation unit. Southwark Crown Court heard that the father of three from Nottingham was carrying…
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Rumours about the offloading of CPCS from the CITB to a privately run consortium have emerged after a review industry’s plant skills card scheme. The CITB own CPCS as a non…
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Liverpool City Council and two of its contractors have been prosecuted following two separate incidents involving roadworks on a busy city centre road. One man died and another was seriously…
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Builders merchant Travis Perkins is to shut 30 branches in what it has described as an “uncertain” market outlook. The building supplies giant that also owns Wickes and Tool Station…
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