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HSE halts work on old Daily Express site
00:00 16 Dec 1998
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by Keren Sall
The Health and Safety Executive has slapped a prohibition notice on the Kajima/Taylor Woodrow joint venture for failing to observe safety standards on a £80 million redevelopment of the old Daily Express site at 120 Fleet Street, London.
The notice was served last Thursday. An HSE spokesman commented: "A notice was served on Kajima/Taylor Woodrow for failing to observe proper controls of systems of work to guard against risks of people falling from a height. As a result, decking and steel erection on three floors has ceased until proper systems are put in place."
A spokesman for Taylor Woodrow remarked: "We appreciate the seriousness of the prohibition notice and it is a slap on the wrist for us. We have dealt with some of the safety issues and are continuing to deal with the remainder highlighted by the HSE. But work is continuing on other parts of the site where safety is not a problem."
Kajima/Taylor Woodrow is constructing a 45,000m2 11-storey building with two 4,000m2 trading floors for client Fleet Street Partnership, a subsidiary of Japanese trading corporation Itochu.
The Health and Safety Executive has slapped a prohibition notice on the Kajima/Taylor Woodrow joint venture for failing to observe safety standards on a £80 million redevelopment of the old Daily Express site at 120 Fleet Street, London.
The notice was served last Thursday. An HSE spokesman commented: "A notice was served on Kajima/Taylor Woodrow for failing to observe proper controls of systems of work to guard against risks of people falling from a height. As a result, decking and steel erection on three floors has ceased until proper systems are put in place."
A spokesman for Taylor Woodrow remarked: "We appreciate the seriousness of the prohibition notice and it is a slap on the wrist for us. We have dealt with some of the safety issues and are continuing to deal with the remainder highlighted by the HSE. But work is continuing on other parts of the site where safety is not a problem."
Kajima/Taylor Woodrow is constructing a 45,000m2 11-storey building with two 4,000m2 trading floors for client Fleet Street Partnership, a subsidiary of Japanese trading corporation Itochu.
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