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MPs have put forward a range of measures that could see asbestos removed from all rented homes, businesses and public buildings by 2035. The all-party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Health and Safety is calling for a new asbestos eradication law, in a bid to wipe out all traces of the deadly material. In its report, the group says a national programme of asbestos surveys should be carried o ... more
Taking a higher apprenticeship offers people the chance to earn more money than going to many universities, a survey from educational charity the Sutton Trust has found. According to their study, youngsters who start their working lives with a Level 5 higher apprenticeship will bank £1.44 million over the course of their careers. That is around £50,000 more than someone who graduates ... more
Tenants of a house in Lincolnshire, including a three year old girl, were exposed to dangerous levels of deadly asbestos dust, Lincoln Crown Court was told last month. Blankney Estates Ltd, the company which rented the property in Scopwick, was fined after it pleaded guilty to health and safety offences. The court heard it did not manage adequately what were clearly deteriorating asbestos materia ... more
A builder has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered life changing injuries when he fell through a fragile roof light. Bristol Crown Court heard how in August 2014 the 25-year-old employee of N C Tucker Limited of Wedmore, fell five metres through a fragile roof light at a farm during roofing work. This was his first roofing job, having only worked for the company for four ... more
A London maintenance company has been fined for safety failings after an employee was injured when he fell from a roof. Southwark Crown Court heard how in February 2014 an employee of Aspect Maintenance Services Limited was working as a roofing engineer on a domestic house in Tooting. He was repairing the roof when he slipped and fell, landing on a table on the patio area below. There w ... more
Major industry clients including the Department for Transport, Network Rail and Heathrow Airport will set out their pipelines and requirements at next week’s Construction News Summit. Highways England chief executive Jim O’Sullivan will kick things off on Wednesday 4 November at the VIP Breakfast Briefing, giving an insight into what he wants from contractors looking to deliver &pou ... more
When EDF Energy picked Kier BAM for the site preparation works contract in December 2011, the value was put at £100m+. This week the contract was signed in 'final agreed form' with a value of £203m. Kier BAM has worked closely with client EDF during the evolution of the project, the contractors said. “This collaboration and partnering approach has led to the creation of a ... more
PASMA’s ‘tower week’ will run from 2nd November to 6th November 2015, with a programme of promotional events and competitions, starting with a webinar on tower safety. If interested, see towerweek.pasma.org.uk for details. ... more
The exposé has left some safety managers saying that the credibility of the entire Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is in tatters. While long-running problems with forged CSCS cards have largely been addressed in recent years by smart card technology, it has now been confirmed beyond doubt that there are official CITB-approved test centres that are perpetrating fraud on a ma ... more
21st October 2015 was the date to which Marty McFly went Back to the Future 30 years ago. With this peg, a report on what 2045 might look like has been produced. Buildings will be 30km high with spaceports on top and builders will wear exoskeletons like Iron Man to lift heavy loads and dig by hand. The 2045: Constructing the Future report has been written by futurologist Ian Pearson to coin ... more
