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Offsite has ‘potential to increase diversity’
Greater use of offsite in the construction industry could help increase diversity, it has been suggested. source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/best-practice/skills/offsite-has-potential-to-increase-diversity/10040054.article
Network Rail rules out notices ‘improvement’ despite third near miss
Rail safety investigators have told Network Rail to take on a recommendation it made in 2017 after track workers were sent to parts of the railway where trains were still running – for the third time in two years. source...
Huge fines for contractors after fatal platform failure
Rydon Construction and Oliver Connell & Son have been fined hundreds of thousands of pounds after a worker fell to his death when a temporary platform collapsed.Rydon Construction and Oliver Connell & Son have been fined hundreds of thousands of pounds after a worker...
Green light for Volker’s platform works
The Department for Transport has approved £27m funding to allow Network Rail and its contractor Volker Fitzpatrick to upgrade two stations in the Cambridge area.The Department for Transport has approved £27m funding to allow Network Rail and its contractor...
Funding approved for Balfour’s £55m Plymouth link road
The Department for Transport has signed off on a £22.56m contribution to Plymouth City Council’s £55m Forder Valley Link Road.The Department for Transport has signed off on a £22.56m contribution to Plymouth City Council’s £55m Forder Valley Link...
Council fined after wall collapses onto child
Basildon Borough Council has been fined more than £130,000 after a brick boundary wall it part-owned collapsed and seriously injured a six-year-old girl.Basildon Borough Council has been fined more than £130,000 after a brick boundary wall it part-owned...
Aberdeen bypass to fully open on Tuesday
The Aberdeen Bypass will finally fully open on Tuesday morning following s deal between contractors and Transport Scotland. Joint venture contractors Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try have now provided the necessary technical assurances for the River Don Crossing,...
Worker killed in 14 metre fall through temporary platform
Specialist contractor Oliver Connell and Son and Rydon Construction have been fined a total of £860,000 after a worker fell to his death when a temporary platform collapsed. Southwark Crown Court heard how, on 24 July 2015, Mr Vasile Nichitut was working on the fifth...
Leeds moves forward with modular housing
Leeds City Council and building contractor United Living are proposing to build what they claim will be the UK’s largest modular council housing development.Leeds City Council and building contractor United Living are proposing to build what they claim will be the...
Aberdeen bypass set to fully open
The final section of the long-delayed Aberdeen West Peripheral Route (AWPR) will open this week, Transport Scotland has announced source https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/home/aberdeen-bypass-set-to-fully-open/10040096.article
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