First contractor sentenced under Covid spot check scheme

A construction contractor has become the first firm to be sentenced under the Health & Safety Executive's Covid safety spot check programme after multiple health and safety issues were discovered at a site in Manchester last summer.

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House builder fined after three fall from height

Major house builder St Modwen has been fined £200,000 following an incident where three contractors fell from height after a temporary stairwell cover that had been installed incorrectly for use as a working platform failed.

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Government support demanded over materials crisis

A fresh warning over the construction sector's materials crisis has been issued by the National Federation of Builders and the House Building Association, which are calling on the government to step in and tell local authorities to show greater flexibility to the industry on housing projects.

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Grenfell shows up non-compliance culture, Inquiry hears

A “culture of non-compliance” within certain elements of the construction sector has been brought to light in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire alongside a lack of competence which characterised the project to refurbish the residential block, the Inquiry into the incident has heard.

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Construction pipeline hailed by lawyers

Plans to invest £650 billion on new infrastructure over the next decade have been welcomed by construction lawyers and the industry. Supply chain collaboration, fair allocation of risk and an end to ‘boom and bust’ investment cycles will be crucial to support sector recovery, lawyers emphasise.

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Contractual pressures limit Covid safe collaboration

Modified working practices and Covid control measures introduced to construction sites have been largely successful in limiting transmission of the virus, new research has claimed. However, the sector’s focus on workforce health and safety has sometimes conflicted with contractual and productivity pressures, with a mixed response from clients to the pandemic.

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Principles set out for building safety cases

Building owners and other parties responsible for high rise residential blocks are being urged to start preparing for the introduction of new ‘safety case’ reporting requirements that are set to come into force under the Building Safety Bill.

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Radical approach urged to decarbonise buildings

Progress towards meeting the UK’s legally binding net zero by 2050 target is “a long way off track” according to a report, which says “a radical new approach” will be required to decarbonise housing.

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Grenfell risk assessments did not consider external walls

Grenfell Tower’s external walls should have been included in fire risk assessments carried out ahead of the fatal blaze at the residential block, an expert witness has told the Inquiry into the incident. The walls carried combustible cladding that contributed to the rapid spread of fire in June 2017.

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Audit office slams “rushed” green homes scheme delivery

Government’s scrapped green homes retrofit discount scheme has been branded as “over ambitious” and “rushed” by the National Audit Office after supporting energy efficiency installations in less than a tenth of the number of houses originally targeted.

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