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Police hold fresh interviews in Didcot tragedy probe

Will Ing — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:00:39 +0000

Police officers have carried out new interviews in the criminal investigation into the fatal building collapse at Didcot Power Station. Tomorrow marks the eighth anniversary of the tragedy. Four men – Michael Collings, Ken Cresswell, Christopher Huxtable and John Shaw – died after the boiler…

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Didcot Power Station collapse: families and industry await answers eight years on

Ian Weinfass — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:00:34 +0000

“As a family it’s like we’re stuck in 2016,” says Sadie Cresswell, as the eighth anniversary of the building collapse that killed her father approaches. She has no more understanding of why it happened than she did at the time. “Unfortunately, it’s very much the…

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Everton Stadium death probe moves into new phase

Charlotte Banks — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:04:05 +0000

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has taken over the criminal investigation into the death of a worker on Laing O’Rourke’s Everton Stadium project. Michael Jones, 26, died from head injuries on 14 August last year at Bramley-Moore Dock. Jones died after being crushed between a…

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Firm fined £450,000 after labourer crushed to death

Charlotte Banks — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:41:50 +0000

A company has been fined £450,000 and its director handed a suspended sentence after a worker died at a construction site in Birmingham, according to the Crown Prosecution Service. Oleksander Rudyy, 49, was crushed to death in May 2019 when the structure he was standing…

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Are RAAC remediation claims coming – and who foots the bill?

Contributor — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:03:48 +0000

Mark Manning is a partner and Sian Barrett is a senior associate at law firm Ashfords Following the RAAC scandal last year, many expected a mass influx of claims to hit the industry, potentially causing huge headaches for contractors. To much surprise, this hasn’t been…

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Asbestos in buildings: an unresolved problem

Contributor — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:32:46 +0000

Zoe Cooper is of counsel and Gregor Woods is a partner at law firm CMS On 15 January, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched its ‘Asbestos – Your Duty’ campaign, with the aim of improving understanding of what the legal duty to manage asbestos…

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HSE investigates accident at Caddick site

Charlotte Banks — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:15:34 +0000

Police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have launched a joint investigation after a worker was injured on a construction site near Manchester. Police and ambulance services were called shortly before 1pm yesterday (12 February) to the West Vale housing development in Oldham, which…

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Man dies after falling from crane at closed site

Ian Weinfass — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:28:57 +0000

A member of the public has died after apparently falling from a building site crane during the night. West Yorkshire Police said they were called to the site in Central Road in Leeds city centre just before 8am on Wednesday (7 February) after a body…

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Alarm raised over lack of crane incident data

Ian Weinfass — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:55:06 +0000

Unite has said it is “alarming” that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not keep track of the number of investigations it carries out involving cranes. In December, Construction News reported on calls for the re-establishment of the national crane register in the wake…

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Should construction contracts include mental health support?

Charlotte Banks — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:05:46 +0000

The industry’s high suicide rate is prompting calls for mental health to be written into construction deals While working as a quantity surveyor, Marc Preston once witnessed a fire that caused millions of pounds of damage. Yet it was not the sight of the dramatic…

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