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Two schools built by collapsed modular contractor shut down
Two schools built by Caledonian Modular before the offsite specialist went under…
Contractor-appointment timings to be mandated for high-risk buildings
Clients will be required to appoint a main contractor on high-risk tower…
Industry faces hefty bill to implement building-safety regulations
The cost to the industry of implementing secondary legislation for higher-risk structures…
Building safety: government will not mandate golden-thread data language
Ministers have ruled out new laws to define how ‘golden thread’ building…
‘Clear’ roadmap needed for second staircase regulations
The Housing Forum, a network representing more than 150 organisations in housing…
HSE plans site-safety crackdown in September
Site managers and workers face a September and October of visits from…
Henry targeted by HSE over ‘sustained poor performance’ before collapse
Henry Construction Projects was served with nine notices from the Health and…
Tier ones missing from new industry competence committee
A new committee set up by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) does…
Laing O’Rourke suspends Everton Stadium work after man dies
Laing O’Rourke has suspended construction work on the £555m Everton Stadium following…
RAAC: can our schools be made safe?
It’s hard to identify and expensive to fix. But something needs to…
Regulator repeals Breedon’s nuclear ban
Breedon has received the all-clear from regulators after falling foul of nuclear…
Council’s fire-safety remediation backlog left tenants ‘exposed’
A London local authority put social housing residents at risk by failing…
Construction leaders question logic of CE mark decision
Construction firms are in the dark over the logic behind the government’s…
Man hospitalised after incident at Cala Homes site
A 46-year-old man has been injured at a Cala Homes development in…
Company fined after bricklayer fractures skull in fall
A construction company has been fined £12,000 after a bricklayer fractured his…
‘Significant issues’ flagged at Building Safety Regulator
The government’s major-projects body has flagged “significant issues” at the Building Safety…
Safety regulator appoints bodies to assess building-control surveyors
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has appointed two bodies to assess building-control…
Barratt legacy issues hit another £180m
Barratt Developments has spent or allocated £180m on making legacy buildings safe…
Balfour Beatty worker dies following ‘serious incident’
A 57-year-old Balfour Beatty worker has died following a “serious incident” on…
Construction worker deaths double any other industry
There were more than twice as many work-related deaths in construction than…
