A third of all falls from height in the workplace occur when using a ladder according to the Health and Safety Executive and within the construction industry it accounts for 45 per cent of fatalities [read more…]
Three quarters of construction SMEs say ‘cowboy clients’ are hampering their business, according to the latest research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key results from the FMB’s UK-wide research into the impact of [read more…]
Plasloc has supplied Ernst & Young (EY), recognised as one of the ‘big four’ professional service companies, with screening in the form of a curved demo wall for its London-based headquarters. The wall is in [read more…]
Building and civil engineering business, Britcon has expanded its in house expertise with the creation of a Mechanical & Electrical position across its offices in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire and Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Patrick Kenworthy has [read more…]
Innovative real-time working models of ideas that can transform rail passenger travel could be set to benefit from a £3.5m fund launched today (Monday 30 October) by the Department for Transport (DfT). The first of [read more…]
A formal legal agreement has been sealed to enable the redevelopment of Northallerton’s former prison. Hambleton District Council and Hull-based regeneration company Wykeland Group have formed the Central Northallerton Development Company, a joint venture vehicle [read more…]
Many of the 4,000 new homes being built close to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus have been signed off as incorporating proven crime prevention techniques set by Secured by Design (SBD), the national police crime prevention [read more…]
A building contractor has handed over the keys of a £2m state of the art service centre in Stafford to a global energy technology company following a six-month build. OMICRON Electronics UK Limited moved into [read more…]
National property consultancy and surveyors, Naismiths, today (Monday 23 October) announced it has seen a five per cent increase in the number of development projects failing or struggling over the past 12 months, with ‘supply complacency’ [read more…]
Working at any height can be a dangerous task, and with the demand for employees trained to work at height on the rise, it’s important to know all the factors of scaffolding and whether you [read more…]
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