More recognised qualifications is ‘key to tackling skills gap’ is the soundbite being used, with a new study finding that formal training leading to a nationally recognised qualification is desperately needed…
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A man sustained serious, life-changing injuries after striking a 415v electricity cable during work to refurbish a pharmacy in central London. The labourer struck the underground cable while digging a…
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A self-employed plumber left a boiler with numerous faults and in a dangerous state at a customer’s home at Hillyfield Road, Exeter. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the…
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New research form Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) confirms construction firms are still “highly upbeat” about the future, buoyed by the quickest growth in new business for 12 months, according to…
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Last week’s Newsnight put the issue of card fraud in the construction industry under the spotlight. As an ex-police superintendent who now heads up the CITB’s fraud investigation team, I…
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Three companies working on construction of residential apartments have been sentenced after workers narrowly escaped injury when a huge scaffold collapsed in the River Brain. The work was being undertaken…
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West Sussex waste management firm South Coast Skips Ltd and its owner have been prosecuted after one worker died and another was left seriously injured when they fell from the…
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Two associate companies have been fined after the death of a worker in London, killed when concrete joists fell on him. Electrician John Walker, who worked for 777 Environmental Limited,…
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Engineering construction workers have agreed to a 6 per cent pay deal over three years (2016-2018). The membership of both unions Unite and GMB, voted 66.8 per cent to accept…
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New guidelines have been issued so main contractors will have to reveal and prove where they are buying there steel from when bidding for major contracts, under emergency government plans…
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