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Kier flagged fire-safety risk at Shepherd’s Bush tower months before blaze
22 Jun 2022
A block of flats that caught fire close to Grenfell Tower in…
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Defunct demolition company fined after fatal fall from height
21 Jun 2022
A man has died falling from height, after the section of metal…
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Galliford Try in standoff over Birmingham building remediation
21 Jun 2022
A high-rise apartment building remains covered with dangerous cladding as the involved…
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Grenfell: officials ‘oversimplified’ cladding fire tests
20 Jun 2022
The methods used to test cladding for fire risk are “full of…
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18-metre cladding threshold ‘completely arbitrary’, MP warns
17 Jun 2022
The 18-metre threshold used to ban the use of flammable materials on…
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Scotland confirms £900m remediation funding gap for dangerous cladding
14 Jun 2022
Scotland is facing a £900m shortfall in the rush to identify and…
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Grenfell: how has building safety changed, five years on?
14 Jun 2022
It is five years to the day since Grenfell Tower caught fire.…
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Rydon makes no fire safety work provisions, despite Grenfell role
13 Jun 2022
Rydon has not made any provisions for fire safety work following the…
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Providers slow on remediation work could be ‘named and shamed’
11 Jun 2022
The government has threatened to “name and shame” housing developers who are…
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Damage at construction site leads to severe hospital disruption
10 Jun 2022
Damage to broadband cables on a Hampshire construction site has led to…
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Suspended jail terms after asbestos attacked with sledgehammers
09 Jun 2022
Two men have received prison sentences after asbestos-containing materials were broken up…
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‘Tough’ PI insurance landscape sees quarter of built firms lose work
09 Jun 2022
Almost a quarter of construction firms have lost jobs due to inadequate…
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Director jailed for five years over roof fall tragedy
09 Jun 2022
A construction boss has been sentenced to five years in jail after…
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HSE targets poor dust control on construction sites
08 Jun 2022
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a crackdown on dust…
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£1.1bn hospital job gets green light despite cost hike
07 Jun 2022
A £1.1bn Hertfordshire hospital scheme has been approved by the NHS trust,…
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Fire started deliberately at £200m Derby construction site
31 May 2022
A fire that broke out at a construction site in Derby on…
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Call for mandatory training to avoid concrete mixer rollover accidents
30 May 2022
Construction workers driving concrete mixers should have mandatory training to reduce rollover…
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Pair receive jail terms after fatal roof fall in Newcastle
27 May 2022
Two Newcastle men have been given suspended jail terms after a worker…
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Mental health campaign brings ‘higher’ visibility to construction sites
25 May 2022
Balfour Beatty, Ford and the Lighthouse Club construction industry charity have launched…
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Remediation work threatened by cladding trainer shortage
19 May 2022
Vital remediation work to improve UK building safety after the Grenfell Tower…