Maintenance workers repairing fence posts were given zero information about underground services and struck an underground cable suffering serious burns. The housing company based in Kent was fined £528,000 when…
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A rogue trader has been handed a suspended prison sentence after carrying out illegal gas work on a park home in Gloucestershire. Christian Davis who had been previously removed from…
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A worker has been saved from a trench on a construction site next to the Blackwall Tunnel approach the man was trapped up to his chest. Specially-trained fire officers battled…
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A company has been fined £14,700 and ordered to pay £4,869.46 after an inspection by Britain’s workplace regulator found workers were being exposed to excessive levels of wood dust. Breathing…
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Erith Plant Services Limited in Kent has been fined £175,000 following the death of an 24 year old employee after a tragic accident. Liam McArdle, from Gravesend, was fatally crushed…
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UK construction companies reported a bounce back from the six months of decline which indicated a renewed increase in total industry activity during March. Although the report showed that orders…
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Looking to buy a new plunge saw in 2024 read this definitive guide to three of the best budget plunge saws which are reviewed by myself on weight, size, versatility,…
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Hydrogen is here with the world’s first digger, powered by a hydrogen combustion engine, will be on building sites and roads following recent government approval, helping to decarbonise the UK’s…
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Its seems that construction wages for the self employed may be turning the corner after a slow end to 2023 and beginning of 2024, as many self employed have felt…
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An engineering and services company has been fined following the death of a subcontractor working at a hospital in Scotland. Alistair Hutton was working on the Baird Family Hospital in…
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