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Company and operations manager fined after fall from height death
Surface Technik (Old Hill) Ltd, formerly of Deepdale Lane, Dudley, which is now in liquidation, was found guilty by a jury of a breach of Section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was fined £90,000 and ordered to pay costs of £28,956 at a hearing at Wolverhampton Magistrates…
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How BAM’s big data boosts productivity
Fannon and his team looked at other elements on their dashboard. Overdue issues, specifically non-completion of workflows, caught his eye. “It’s important when you have a data set that actions are concluded,” Fannon notes. There were more than 6,000 incomplete workflows, suggesting that project teams didn’t appreciate the importance of closing out issues. View the…
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Building Safety Levy pushed back to autumn 2026
The Building Safety Levy will come into effect in autumn 2026, the government has confirmed. Although the Remediation Acceleration Plan, launched in December 2024, set an implementation date of autumn 2025, the government announced the new date today (24 March) in its response to the levy’s technical consultation. The Building Safety Levy aims to collect around £3.4bn…
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In pictures | Mace turns projects red to support care leavers charity
Mace turned some of its major projects red for a day in support of Become, the national charity for children in care and care leavers. Mace is delivering a £330m restoration of Manchester City Council Town Hall (Image: Richard Storey) The Go Red for Become campaign lit up projects across the country on 13 March.…
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Beacon launches annual campaign to celebrate women in roofing
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in #empowerwomen, #opportunitiesforwomen, #trades, architects, architecture, Construction, design, Featured, Flooring, future of trades, healthcare, hospitality, hotels, interior design, labor pool, News, next gen, next generation, Project Management, restaurants, retail, roofing, skilled labor, Sustainability, Whirlwind Roofing & ConstructionIn honor of “Women’s History Month,” leading specialty wholesale roofing distributor Beacon has launched its fifth annual North American Female Roofing Professional of the Year campaign. The campaign celebrates women across the U.S. and Canada who are raising the bar in the roofing industry—whether on the job site, in the office, or out in the…
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Government cladding remediation plan ‘lacks ambition’, says MPs’ watchdog
The government’s plan to fix all unsafe high-rises in government-funded schemes by the end of 2029 “lacks ambition”, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded. A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report said the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Remediation Acceleration Plan fails to address the impact of non–cladding defects on progress with cladding remediation. The…
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PREMIER Design + Build breaks ground on NY Logistics Center
The 146,075-square-foot logistics center will feature 36-foot ceiling heights, 54-foot by 60-foot column spacing, 31 docks, two drive-in doors, and a 3,000-square-foot office space. The 13.6-acre site will include 16 parking spaces for tractor-trailers and 83 car parking spaces. The floor will be a 7-inch fiber-reinforced concrete slab, the walls will consist of 10-inch insulated…
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Lords committee launches inquiry into feasibility of new towns scheme
The House of Lords Built Environment Committee has launched an inquiry into new towns and expanded settlements. Using short, targeted modules, the inquiry aims to address whether new towns and expanded settlements are an effective means of delivering housing and, if so, how to ensure they are successful. The government wants to build up to…
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Developer fined £63k after failing to meet ‘most basic H&S standards’
A London property developer has been fined £63,000 after safety inspectors found health and safety failures “so serious” that a construction site in East London had to be closed on two separate occasions. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated Nofax Enterprises following four visits to its site on Dalston Lane over a 13-month period…
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‘Reactive repairs not enough’: Tarmac responds to potholes report
Kent said: “Councils are working hard to keep roads safe, but the survey shows that more than 34,600 miles of road are in poor condition, with less than five years of structural life remaining. Potholes are being filled every [18] seconds, but without a long-term plan, we are stuck in a cycle of short-term fixes…