Around 60,000 workers in the construction and engineering sectors downed tools to show support for a national initiative aimed at encouraging better health, safety and wellbeing at work.
One of the largest construction firms in the UK has been fined £400,000 after a worker was injured on-site.
Construction firms are being warned to be aware of infringing copyright regulations after a developer was taken to court recently for unlawfully copying design drawings.
If you are going to incur delays on a construction project, the last institution you’d want to upset is the Technology and Construction Court (TCC).
New Professional Standards resulting from the increasing impact of Building Information Modelling (BIM), have been introduced by the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM.)
A building contractor has been sentenced to 8 months imprisonment after a casual labourer was killed when he fell 7 metres, through a fragile roof.
Overall business activity amongst UK construction companies is up thanks to an increase in housing development.
A damning investigation has found that construction suppliers and their sub-contractors are being subjected to illegal practices by almost six out of ten local authorities.
