Gas boiler left leaking by plumber
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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Construction firms “Highly Upbeat” about future
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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CITB to regularly audit CSCS centers to tackle card fraud
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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Scaffold collapse in Braintree workers leap to saftey
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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Man killed in fall working from excavator bucket
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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Electrician killed by falling concrete beams
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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Construction engineering workers get 6% pay rise
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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Government forces compaines to reveal steel sources
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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Watch video of 30ft scaffold collapse in Winchester High St
The video show what happens when you try to move a 30ft high mobile tower without dismantling it first. Shoppers and bystanders dashed to move their cars in Winchester High…
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Worker in care unit for life after fall from roof
A man was sentenced for safety failings that led to a father-of-three falling from the roof of a house, resulting in horrific head and spinal injuries. Brian Honeyman fell six…
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