Fatal tower block blaze caused by lack of fire doors
Housing manager Lewisham Homes has been fined £40,000 and ordered to pay £23,407 prosecution costs for breaking fire safety laws following a fatal fire in a Deptford tower block in…
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Scaffolding company fined after worker falls through roof
A scaffolding company based in Dorset has been fined for safety failings following an incident where an employee fell through a roof light. Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard how Weller Scaffolding…
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Fraudsters set up 15 construction companies
A web of ‘construction and civil engineering’ companies with reported combined sales of over £50 million and assets of £8.4 million, but run solely as instruments of fraud to obtain…
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British Gas to close down loft and cavity wall arm
500 staff are to be made redundant by British Gas as it shuts its cavity wall loft and insulation business. Centrica’s plan to shed 6,000 jobs is an attempt to cut parent…
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Ainscough “Shutdown” as crane drivers go on strike
Today’s (1 February) rock solid strike action by crane operators at the UK’s largest mobile crane hire firm, Ainscough, has caused a near total shutdown of operations with less than…
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Bricklayer dies after pack of bricks crushed him
A Cheshire construction company has been prosecuted following a fatal accident in 2011 at a site in Wimslow. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Edgemere Projects Ltd of Tarporley, Cheshire, was…
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Firm fined after worker fell from dumper truck
A civil engineering company was fined after a worker fell from his dumper truck suffering a fracture to his spine. Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how a 50-year-old worker was operating…
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Power Tools “most stolen item onsite” in 2015
Power tools are the most stolen item from building sites and workers in the construction trade, with small traders suffering most from crime in the industry. A national security equipment…
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Redrow and Barratt homes to use electronic CSCS checks
Barratt and Redrow homes have committed to checking all CSCS cards with a new web based technology to confirm the user of the card and the card itself are genuine…
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Digger driver found 3,339 Roman coins and gets to keep share
Mark Copsey , 44, found the rare coins leveling a hockey pitch and has now been told is entitled to a third of their worth after they were declared treasure…
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