Greg Nelson

A stone masonry company has been sentenced after failing to adequately control employees’ exposure to respirable silica dust, resulting in an employee developing silicosis.

Burnley Magistrates’ Court heard how […]

Construction giant Persimmon Homes has had a number of roads to one of its new housing estates sealed off by Perth and Kinross Council following a planning dispute.

The company has been accused of building […]

An electricity and gas utility company has today been fined after a worker was killed on Winslow Road in East Claydon.

Aylesbury Crown Court heard how, on 18 November 2016, Paul Marsden, a sub-station crafts […]

An electrical company has been fined after a woman was fatally crushed by a roller shutter door.

Peterborough Magistrates’ Court heard how on 14 August 2016 Heidi Chalkley pressed the button to open the r […]

Two contractors have been fined after a worker suffered fatal injuries following a fall through a fragile roof during construction work at a factory in Staffordshire.
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how on 19 […]

The huge scale of the repair work to rectify mistakes by original contractor who is now in administration, Carillion has been revealed by the Royal Liverpool NHS Trust.

New replacement contractor Laing […]

A Staffordshire plumber has been jailed after gas work he performed at a domestic premise was left in a dangerous condition.

Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard how, in September 2016, Colin Christopher Batchelor […]

Aggregate company MJB Excavations and Plant Hire Ltd has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker suffered crush injuries to his arm.

Leeds Magistrates court heard how, on 18 March 2015, Josh […]

A new rubberised asphalt which uses recycled waste tyres has been launched by Tarmac.

The leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business is the first in the UK to develop a new […]

A construction company has been fined more than £800,000 after a worker suffered three fractured vertebrae when he was hit on the head by a large expanded polystyrene block when it slipped from an excavator […]

A self-employed builder has today been given a suspended jail sentence after a three-year-old girl suffered severe head injuries when a length of timber fell on her whilst being hoisted up the outside of a […]

The latest  IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index has revealed that commercial construction activity has fallen again. However, house building has helped UK construction sector return to growth in […]

Places for people and ilke have signed a pioneering joint venture with to deliver hundreds of modular homes, as confidence in offsite manufacturing (OSM) grows.

750 home commitment is huge boost demand for […]

A construction company and its director have been fined after failing to ensure the safe removal of asbestos during demolition work.

Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how Sherwood Homes Limited was t […]

A company, two directors and a self-employed contractor have been sentenced and fined after an electrician fell two storeys through an unprotected stairwell.

Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court heard how, […]

A self-employed gas fitter has been jailed after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely pretending to be Gas Safe registered. Marc Murrie misled homeowners on several occasions by claiming to be Gas Safe […]

A digger has landed on a cherry picker while being loaded into a shaft at the Tideway site in Greenwich the mini excavator was dropped down a shaft landing on an occupied boom lift in London, UK earlier this […]

A massive five axle crane overturned on a job site in Uppsala, Sweden on Thursday.

The crane a five axle Liebherr from the Estonian rental company Ehitustehnika/Viking Cranes was in the process of being moved […]