Driver dies after being crushed by concrete blocks
A driver was crushed to death by falling concrete blocks at a construction site in South Lanarkshire the house builder was fined £333,000 after ...
Homeowner spared jail after carrying out work on his home
A homeowner has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own home in Manchester with ...
Van Elle fined £233,000 after piling rig fell and killed HGV driver
A tragic accident resulted in a HGV driver losing his life after a piling rig mast fell when being loaded onto the drivers HGV ...
TATA chemicals fined after scaffolders death
Tata Chemicals Europe Limited has been fined after a young father Michael Densmore died following an incident while erecting a scaffold tower in a ...
Construction buyers report shows growth
Construction has been in the doldrums over the past year but the construction buyers report is rising at its fastest pace for 14 months ...
Crane operator trapped on crane boom after fire
A crane operator has been trapped on a crane boom and seven people have been hospitalised after a fire broke out at a construction ...
Top 12 contractors call for more foreign workers
Many tradesmen may be shocked to hear the headline that we need more foreign in workers who many are struggling for work at the moment ...
Carillon collapse left council with £13.5m defects bill
Oxfordshire County council spent £13.5m fixing defects left by collapsed building firm Carillon after several local authority contracts were abandoned after the firm was ...
Architects expect increasing workloads after longest spell of pessimism
The RIBA has reported that business and employment trends are improving after a serious lull affecting architects during late 2023 and well into 2024 ...
Tunnel breakthrough TBM under river Tees (Video)
The tunnel boring machine made a breakthrough for Farrans on its mammoth 57km Project Pipeline for Northumbrian Water which completed by breaking through. The ...
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Driver dies after being crushed by concrete blocks
A driver was crushed to death by falling concrete blocks at a construction site in South Lanarkshire the house builder ...
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Homeowner spared jail after carrying out work on his home
A homeowner has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own ...
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Van Elle fined £233,000 after piling rig fell and killed HGV driver
A tragic accident resulted in a HGV driver losing his life after a piling rig mast fell when being loaded ...
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TATA chemicals fined after scaffolders death
Tata Chemicals Europe Limited has been fined after a young father Michael Densmore died following an incident while erecting a ...
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Construction buyers report shows growth
Construction has been in the doldrums over the past year but the construction buyers report is rising at its fastest ...
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Crane operator trapped on crane boom after fire
A crane operator has been trapped on a crane boom and seven people have been hospitalised after a fire broke ...
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Top 12 contractors call for more foreign workers
Many tradesmen may be shocked to hear the headline that we need more foreign in workers who many are struggling for ...
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Carillon collapse left council with £13.5m defects bill
Oxfordshire County council spent £13.5m fixing defects left by collapsed building firm Carillon after several local authority contracts were abandoned ...
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Architects expect increasing workloads after longest spell of pessimism
The RIBA has reported that business and employment trends are improving after a serious lull affecting architects during late 2023 ...
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Tunnel breakthrough TBM under river Tees (Video)
The tunnel boring machine made a breakthrough for Farrans on its mammoth 57km Project Pipeline for Northumbrian Water which completed ...
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Untrained worker suffers electrical burns from live cable
In a horrific accident a worker who was untrained in electrical works suffered burns to his face and body after ...
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CITB industry forecast says 251,500 extra construction workers needed
The construction industry has taken a bit of a battering over the last six months, but maybe green shoots pave ...
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CITB sitting on 100m of funding
CITB has a glut of funding despite an ongoing skills crisis CITB chiefs said the accumulation of funds was due ...
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Lack of managers and skills hindering infrastructure capacity
A report from Public Accounts Committee (PAC) highlights a lack of skills for construction managers as competition from larger over ...
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Robotic Ai solution to revolutionise tunneling
A new tunnelling an civils Ai robot has been developed by a consortium of mechanical and civil engineering innovators, including ...
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Worker fell through roof and broke back firm fined
A 24 year old worker fell through a fragile roof and suffered serious injuries the company from Manchester has been ...
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Double glazing boss avoids jail after worker died
A worker died while trying to retrieve a large toughened glass panel, the Croydon-based double glazing boss has avoided an ...
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Construction buyers see fastest growth for 14 months
Anyone who works in construction over the last six months realises that inflation costs and other pressures have lead to ...
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Carpenter killed by roofing panels in high winds
A carpenter has died after he was struck by spandrel panels in high winds the carpentry contractor has been fined ...
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Company and director fined for asbestos removal
A company and its director have been company was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £18,783.6 and sentenced 20 weeks, ...
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Housing firm fined £528,000 after worker struck cable
Maintenance workers repairing fence posts were given zero information about underground services and struck an underground cable suffering serious burns ...
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Rouge trader narrowly avoids custodial sentence after illegal gas work
A rogue trader has been handed a suspended prison sentence after carrying out illegal gas work on a park home ...