Category: News
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Stolen £25k JCB loader listed on Facebook recovered
The police have recovered a JCB loader worth around £25,000 after a dealer in large plant machinery saw it listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace. The dealer checked the 3.5-tonne JCB 535-125 telescopic handler details in The Equipment Register (TER), a database of stolen plant and equipment which claims to be the largest in Europe.…
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Warning issued over use of AI to comply with lifting regs
“We’ve already seen cases where AI has provided misleading information about Thorough Examinations, leaving businesses with a false sense of compliance. To ensure your equipment meets legal requirements, always check official Health and Safety Executive or UK Material Handling Association guidance or, better still, speak to a CFTS-accredited examiner.” View the original article and our…
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Doorbell camera captures workers disposing of asbestos in garden
The footage shows parts of an old garage roof being disposed of with a lack of control measures. Doorbell-cam footage released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) shows two workers clearing asbestos debris from a garden and disposing of it in domestic waste bins. Stephen Wilks, trading as S Wilks Roofing, pleaded guilty to breaching asbestos…
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First building liability order handed down under the Building Safety Act
The RTM company, together with some other leaseholders, brought claims under the Defective Premises Act 1972 to get a BLO under the BSA, in addition to further claims for breach of covenant, breach of agreement, and claims for nuisance and negligence. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Director fined after worker fractures bones in excavation collapse
A company and its director have been fined a combined £18,000 after a man was injured during excavation work in West Sussex. The accident happened on 23 February 2023 during the installation of a septic tank that JHE Construction was carrying out as part of a full barn conversion at Lone Oak Farm. Edward Keely,…
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British Steel closure: trade body in plea for ‘swift resolution’
The main trade association representing the structural steel sector in the UK said “it is dearly hoped” that the government and the Chinese owner of British Steel will reach an agreement to invest in new electric arc furnaces and secure the future of the business. Last week, British Steel launched a consultation that could result…
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‘The supply chain for smart buildings will look very different’
In the second of our client interview series, Cardiff Met’s Graham Lewis tells Will Mann how data analysis is helping tackle the university’s twin challenges of cutting carbon and operational costs. Like much of the higher education (HE) sector, Cardiff Metropolitan University is facing strong financial headwinds. For Graham Lewis, chief officer for university environments and…
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In pictures | The best images from March
A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month. New ‘floor’ for Sunderland’s footbridge VolkerStevin has laid the last of 91 deck planks of the New Wear Footbridge in Sunderland. They were installed using a bespoke trolley system, with each of the 10m-wide planks lifted by crane from the southern riverside park…
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Former Wallace & Gromit warehouse to become pilot for net zero standard
The former warehouse of the studios behind the Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep films will be used to pilot the UK’s first net-zero carbon building standard. The Grade II-listed semi-derelict St Vincent’s Works, at Silverthorne Lane in Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, was destroyed by a huge fire in 2005. The site was…
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Skanska deploys robot in lift shaft on London project
Stuart Cross, managing director of Schindler UK & Ireland, said: “Innovation and sustainability are at the heart of this new high-rise in London, so it makes sense for 105 Victoria Street to be the first in the UK to appoint Schindler R.I.S.E. We’ve seen the advances in quality, speed and safety that the robots bring…