Author Archives: Charlotte Banks

More than 50 per cent of construction workers say they have struggled with their mental health, according to software provider Causeway Technologies. The survey was carried out by Causeway’s mental health ambassador, former England footballer Trevor Steven. Steven spoke to more than 1,400 workers over 18 months at construction sites…

Two people have been treated by paramedics after a crane collapsed at a construction site in Edinburgh this morning. The jib of a Jaso J380PA luffing crane, owned and operated by Falcon Tower Crane Services, fell down at the Stead’s Place residential development shortly before 9.30am today (28 November). Emergency…

Former Buckingham Group rail projects have been beset with delays, despite Kier taking over the collapsed contractor’s rail division. The combined cost of building two new stations in the Midlands is facing a further increase of up to £15m, with construction delayed by over a year, while upgrades to a…

The cashflow model used in government procurement is not fit for promoting modern methods of construction (MMC), senior figures from contractors told a Parliamentary committee this week. The industry experts were giving evidence to the House of Lords’ Built Environment Committee, which has launched a probe into problems with the…

London mayor Sadiq Khan has rejected plans for the MSG Sphere, branding the arena a “bulky, unduly dominant and incongruous” building proposal. Khan directed the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), which acts as the planning authority for the area surrounding the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the east of the…

A judge has dismissed Lendlease’s attempt to sue Aecom for £3m over fire-safety defects at a cancer centre it worked on in Yorkshire. Justice Stephen Eyre said he would have found the consultancy liable for eight defects if Lendlease had brought the legal action about nine months earlier, but stated…

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has completed its investigation of the death of a subcontractor working on a Scottish hospital site overseen by Graham. The 51-year-old man, who has not been publicly identified, suffered head injuries while working on the Baird Family Hospital in Aberdeen on 18 January. He…

Bennett has been appointed to build a £50m retirement village in Cambridgeshire.  The job involves the delivery of 147 homes – a mixture of bungalows and flats – for luxury retirement-community developer and operator Rangeford Villages. The scheme will be known as Strawberry Fields, in a nod to the site’s…

South West Water has named the construction companies that will deliver its £2.8bn, five-year infrastructure programme up until 2030. The water company, which serves Cornwall, Devon, the Isles of Scilly and parts of Dorset and Somerset, has appointed six contractors to its AMP8 framework, which runs from 2025-30. The value…

A heavy-lifting company has been fined £24,000 after two of its workers fell from a crane platform. On 19 January 2021, two men assembling a crane at the Port of Blyth, Northumberland, for Osprey Heavy Lift fell from height when the platform they were working on partially collapsed, according to…