Liverpool crane collapse: tower and foundations scrutinised
Posted: 07 September 2009Investigations into the causes of the crane collapse in Liverpool in early July are focusing on the tower structure and foundations.
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Cut-price deals could hit safety, warn contractors
Posted: 07 September 2009 Contractors fear that years of improvements in health and safety standards could be undone if clients exploit the recession to drive down build costs. Civil...
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EDF Energy Contracting fined after worked killed in fall
Posted: 27 August 2009EDF Energy Contracting has been fined £160,000 after a worker died from fatal head injuries after falling from scaffolding at a school in Worthing.
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Two builders receive crush injuries in wall collapse
Posted: 25 August 2009Two builders received suspected crush injuries after a wall collapsed at a house in Wiltshire.
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Build Center worker killed by sheet of glass
Posted: 19 August 2009A man was killed when he was struck by a sheet of glass while working at a Build Center warehouse in Derby.
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WD Bennett fined £125,000 after double crane death
Posted: 04 August 2009WD Bennett Plant & Services has been fined £125,000 following the tower crane collapse in Worthing in which two people were killed.
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CBH health card: Will firms adopt system?
Posted: 03 August 2009Constructing Better Health now wants to see every worker carrying a card containing their personal occupational health data. It will be an uphill struggle. Kristina Smith reports.
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Health and Safety: construction deaths report findings
Posted: 03 August 2009The government commissioned an independent inquiry into why construction kills so many people. Do you care enough to bother reading it?, wonders Kristina Smith .
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FHM workers stranded on tower block after mast climber collapse
Posted: 16 July 2009Two painters working for Frank Haslam Milan were stranded 15m above ground after the mast climber they were working on collapsed while they were decorating a Wolverhampton tower block.
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Builders convicted of manslaughter
Posted: 14 July 2009Two builders have been convicted of manslaughter and health and safety breaches, following the death of a 15-year-old labourer in April 2007.
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Wates bans Razordeck scaffold towers after collapse
Posted: 14 July 2009Wates Construction has taken all Razordeck self-erecting scaffolding towers on its sites out of service after one of the towers collapsed.
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60 seconds on site with Graham North, Contracts Manager, SES
Posted: 12 July 2009 60 seconds on site with Graham North, Contracts Manager, SES What site are you working on at the moment? I am currently responsible for managing...
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Death report to be published today
Posted: 08 July 2009A delayed report into fatalities in the construction industry is set to be published today.
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Crane experts discuss two scenarios for Liverpool collapse
Posted: 08 July 2009Industry experts have come up with two likely scenarios as to how a 60m tower crane toppled over backwards onto an apartment block in Liverpool on Monday.
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Lucky escape as crane crashes into residential building
Posted: 08 July 2009A crane driver cheated death this week after his Woolf luffing crane collapsed into a neighbouring apartment block while working on a Bowmer & Kirkland job in Liverpool.
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60 seconds on site with Stuart Wilkes, Midas
Posted: 08 July 2009What site are you working on at the moment? New Bodmin Police Station and workshops, an £8m project for Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.
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Construction deaths report delayed?
Posted: 07 July 2009Construction union UCATT has claimed that a long-awaited report into deaths in the construction industry has been delayed at the 11th hour.
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Crane collapse TV reports and witness accounts - VIDEOS
Posted: 07 July 2009ContractJournal.com has collected a selection of national and local TV and eywitness reports of yesterday's crane collapse in Liverpool.
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Liverpool crane collapse - PHOTO
Posted: 06 July 2009A 200ft tower crane has crashed through an apartment block in Liverpool in what has been described by Merseyside Fire and Rescue as a “major incident”.
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Crane collapses onto Liverpool apartment block
Posted: 06 July 2009A 200ft crane has crashed through an apartment block in Liverpool in what has been described by Merseyside Fire and Rescue as a “major incident”.
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