Health and Safety

A London-based firm has been fined £46,000 for carrying out unsafe work at height and breaching a prohibition notice. On and before 26 February 2019, workers from Shiva Ltd, a property investment company, were working on the renovation of a five-storey warehouse at Bermondsey Street in South London. Typically, cradles…

There will be no disruption to building safety legislation being implemented despite the prime minister’s plans to remove regulation of industry, Construction News understands. Since taking power in September, Liz Truss and chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have expressed their desire to cut red tape to promote growth within the UK economy.…

The government has launched legal action against a developer over a tower block in Stevenage which has suffered two years of delays to fire remediation works. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has taken the first step in legal action against developer Grey GR, which is owned…

A Leicestershire contractor has been fined £80,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries falling through a "fragile roof". Cairns Heritage Homes was prosecuted by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The firm must…

Bam’s UK and Ireland businesses have set a target to achieve net zero carbon emissions in their direct operations by 2026. The company said this went beyond Royal Bam Group’s target to reduce its direct emissions by 80 per cent by 2026 from 2015 levels. Bam said it would not…

Skanska has extended its maternity and paternity leave policies, increasing benefits for its workforce. In a step towards creating more family friendly policies for its staff, the tier one contractor announced improvements that will kick in immediately. Paternity leave, which was previously one week on fully paid leave and another…

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will carry out 1,000 inspections over the next two months in a bid to tackle aches and pains caused by unsafe lifting operations. Throughout October and November, the watchdog confirmed it would carry out site checks to investigate how workers move heavy and bulky…

Construction equipment including a conveyor belt has been damaged after a fire broke out at the Silvertown Tunnel site in East London. According to the London Fire Brigade (LFB), six fire engines and 40 firefighters were called to an incident at the construction site on North Woolwich Road. The LFB…

Crystal Palace Football Club has made changes to its £100m stadium redevelopment plan, prompted by conversations with a fire engineer. The Premier League team gained planning permission in 2018 for its revamp of its main stand, which will add 8,000 seats to its Selhurst Park stadium in south London, taking…

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has announced it will refocus its work as part of a strategy launched today to guide it over the next three years. The trade body said it will focus its efforts on four long-term ambitions to deliver “transformational change”, as it outlined its intentions to…