Health and Safety

Exclusive: Industry leaders and fire safety experts are “deeply concerned” about a sharp rise in the number of deliberate fires started on construction sites since 2015.

A company director has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for the sale of a paint stripper and a plant protection product containing prohibited substances.

Balfour Beatty and London Underground have been fined £433,000 after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when his pelvis was crushed in an incident at Whitechapel station.

The government has banned combustible materials from new high-rise blocks and given extra power to local authorities to force through work to replace unsafe cladding. 

A London building firm has been fined after a chauffeur died when he fell through a void in the floor of a property undergoing renovation.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has described CN’s investigation into modern slavery as a “shocking indictment” of worker exploitation.

Balfour Beatty wants to eliminate methods that lead to workplace injuries such as hand arm vibration syndrome (HVAS), its head of health and safety has said.

Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police has seen a massive increase in allegations of labour exploitation and modern slavery, Construction News can reveal.