Health and Safety in the UK Construction Industry | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:05:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Health and Safety in the UK Construction Industry | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Didcot collapse: MP slams the wait for answers https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/didcot-collapse-mp-slams-the-wait-for-answers-01-09-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/didcot-collapse-mp-slams-the-wait-for-answers-01-09-2023/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:05:50 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=485364 An MP has suggested that issues around the Didcot Power Station collapse have been “kicked into the long grass” as the investigation into the incident drags on. On 23 February 2016, the boiler house at the decommissioned Oxfordshire facility collapsed, with Michael Collings, 53, found…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/didcot-collapse-mp-slams-the-wait-for-answers-01-09-2023/feed/ 0 Everton stadium death: ventilation engineer suffered head injury https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/everton-stadium-death-ventilation-engineer-suffered-head-injury-01-09-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/everton-stadium-death-ventilation-engineer-suffered-head-injury-01-09-2023/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:43:09 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=485380 The worker who died while working on Everton Football Club’s new stadium was a ventilation engineer who was crushed between a scissor ladder and a beam, according to reports. The Liverpool Echo reported that the inquest into the death of 26-year-old Michael Jones (pictured) opened…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/everton-stadium-death-ventilation-engineer-suffered-head-injury-01-09-2023/feed/ 0 Schools ordered to vacate buildings with high-risk concrete https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/schools-ordered-to-vacate-buildings-with-high-risk-concrete-01-09-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/schools-ordered-to-vacate-buildings-with-high-risk-concrete-01-09-2023/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:17:31 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=485383 The Department for Education (DfE) has told 104 schools to immediately vacate buildings containing potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). The latest advice means some schools may now have to carry out online teaching at the start of term, and is a significant escalation…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/schools-ordered-to-vacate-buildings-with-high-risk-concrete-01-09-2023/feed/ 0 DfE tells schools to plan for evacuation of unsafe buildings https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/dfe-tells-schools-to-plan-to-evacuate-unsafe-buildings-31-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/dfe-tells-schools-to-plan-to-evacuate-unsafe-buildings-31-08-2023/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:09:28 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=485304 The Department for Education (DfE) is urging school leaders to make emergency evacuation plans for buildings that contain a potentially dangerous type of concrete, according to reports. The government has undertaken a huge effort to investigate the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) across…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/dfe-tells-schools-to-plan-to-evacuate-unsafe-buildings-31-08-2023/feed/ 0 Firm fined £90,000 for asbestos breaches https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/firm-fined-90000-for-asbestos-breaches-29-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/firm-fined-90000-for-asbestos-breaches-29-08-2023/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:43:44 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=485229 A contractor has been fined £90,000 for failing to protect workers and the public from asbestos during a renovation job. Warrington-based Esskay Construction was last week found guilty in its absence of breaching three regulations under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. The offences, which…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/firm-fined-90000-for-asbestos-breaches-29-08-2023/feed/ 0 Regen project seeks new planning permission due to second-staircase rules https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/regeneration-project-seeks-new-planning-permission-due-to-second-staircase-rules-25-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/regeneration-project-seeks-new-planning-permission-due-to-second-staircase-rules-25-08-2023/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:44:15 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=485122 The developer behind the regeneration of a former gasworks in east London has announced its intention to redesign the scheme, claiming that inflation and second-staircase regulations have made the original plans less viable. Planning permission was granted to St William Homes (a member of the…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/regeneration-project-seeks-new-planning-permission-due-to-second-staircase-rules-25-08-2023/feed/ 0 Housebuilder proposes higher towers due to second-staircase rules https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/housebuilder-proposes-higher-towers-due-to-second-staircase-rules-24-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/housebuilder-proposes-higher-towers-due-to-second-staircase-rules-24-08-2023/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:45:53 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=484902 Property developer and builder London Square has announced its intention to increase the height of two towers in east London, citing the impact of proposed new fire-safety measures. Planning permission was granted in March 2022 by Waltham Forest Council for four buildings across three sites…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/housebuilder-proposes-higher-towers-due-to-second-staircase-rules-24-08-2023/feed/ 0 DfE reviewing all Caledonian Modular work over safety fears https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/dfe-reviewing-all-caledonian-modular-work-over-safety-fears-24-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/dfe-reviewing-all-caledonian-modular-work-over-safety-fears-24-08-2023/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:43:02 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=485060 The Department for Education (DfE) says it is reviewing all work carried out by Caledonian Modular after three schools it delivered have had to be closed due to fears over structural and fire safety. As Construction News reported yesterday, Haygrove School in Somerset and Sir…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/dfe-reviewing-all-caledonian-modular-work-over-safety-fears-24-08-2023/feed/ 0 Fit for purpose: making the industry competent https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/fit-for-purpose-making-the-industry-competent-24-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/fit-for-purpose-making-the-industry-competent-24-08-2023/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 07:45:57 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=483026 Making sure firms and workers are competent to carry out construction projects is one of the biggest post-Grenfell initiatives in the sector. CN investigates the progress to date In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Dame Judith Hackitt’s seminal report Building a Safer Future…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/skills/fit-for-purpose-making-the-industry-competent-24-08-2023/feed/ 0 Work restarts on tragedy-hit Everton stadium project https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/work-restarts-on-tragedy-hit-everton-stadium-project-23-08-2023/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/work-restarts-on-tragedy-hit-everton-stadium-project-23-08-2023/#respond Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:38:16 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=484892 Laing O’Rourke has resumed work on the new £555m Everton stadium, nine days after the death of a construction worker on the Merseyside site. The contractor said it would be restarting operations in an “appropriate and respectful way” following the tragedy. Counsellors will be on…

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