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Multiplex HQ faces demolition under 54-storey City tower plan

Colin Marrs — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:07:56 +0000

A planning application is being drawn up for a 54-storey tower in the City of London to replace a 1970s-built block that is home to the HQ of Multiplex Europe. The City of London Corporation this month received preliminary notification of the proposal, which would…

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Industry relief as ‘vital’ safety laws saved from Brexit cull

Ian Weinfass — Thu, 11 May 2023 12:08:42 +0000

Ministers have scaled back plans that would have seen some construction safety laws scrapped. The EU Retained Law Bill was set to automatically "sunset" thousands of rules introduced while the UK was part of the bloc. But business secretary Kemi Badenoch (pictured) said yesterday (10…

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Trouble on the horizon: The post-Brexit law cull threatening onsite safety

Mark Smulian — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 06:50:05 +0000

The Work at Height Regulations save lives and are hugely popular in the construction sector. But will moves to ‘sunset’ all EU laws dilute – or even destroy – them? Behind the innocuous-sounding ‘Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill’, lies the prospect of an…

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Building Safety Act ‘could be damaged’ by ‘reckless’ legislation

Kerry Lorimer — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 06:50:56 +0000

Building safety could be jeopardised if “reckless” plans to scrap EU-era regulations go ahead, the government has been warned. Legislation is now going through parliament that will see thousands of laws dating from the UK’s membership of the EU automatically expire after December, unless they…

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Coalition sounds alarm over ‘seismic’ changes to health and safety rules

Ian Weinfass — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:50:45 +0000

A coalition of groups has launched a campaign to stop the government scrapping several key health and safety laws at the end of the year. The coalition is warning of the dangers around doing away with rules covering health and safety at work, manual handling…

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Product-marking change delayed

Joshua Stein — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:43:39 +0000

The government has postponed a key post-Brexit change to the certification of construction products. The delay, which will see the rule change come into effect on 30 June 2025, has been welcomed by a number of trade bodies. The CE mark is a certification stamp…

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Product-safety-marking changes delayed for two years

tim.clark@emap.com — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:12:53 +0000

Whitehall has announced plans to extend the use of current CE marks for another two years. Business secretary Grant Shapps said that firms had been given extra time to apply for the new product standards marking, which will replace the EU equivalent. The extension will…

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Construction leaders warn industry is not ready for new quality mark

Colin Marrs — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:39:53 +0000

Construction industry leaders have written to ministers calling for a two-year delay in introducing the UK’s post-Brexit product-quality mark, saying that it could harm project delivery. From January, any fully manufactured items marketed at British users are set to require a UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA)…

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Missing the mark: the pressing problem for building products

Greg Pitcher — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:50:51 +0000

The incoming government needs to urgently address the negative impact of the new post-Brexit standards regime on the building products market, finds Greg Pitcher The year was 1993. Inflation ran as low as 1.6 per cent, Manchester United won the inaugural Premier League and the…

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How is the industry coping with post-Brexit labour changes?

Contributor — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:50:41 +0000

Construction firms need more help training homegrown workers to replace the EU nationals sucked out of the UK labour market by Brexit, Keith Cooper discovers

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