Health and Safety

Six companies, including Morgan Sindall Property Services, have been charged with breaches of fire safety laws over their role in the construction of a retirement village which burnt down in August 2019. The companies are being prosecuted by the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service for failing to comply with the…

Two victims of the 2020 Bow crane collapse are suing a housing association and structural engineers over the incident, and have slammed the length of time the official investigation is taking. On 8 July 2020, 85-year-old June Harvey (pictured below) died after a 27-metre crane crashed through the roof of…

The largest housing association in the country is conducting a procurement process to appoint three suppliers for asbestos removal and remediation. Clarion Housing Group (CHG), which manages 125,000 properties, is also aiming to select three suppliers for asbestos surveying and air monitoring. CHG estimated the overall value of the procurement…

“Highly disturbing” figures suggesting safety inspections have fallen to a record low have sparked criticism from a union. A Freedom of Information request from Unite found the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) undertook 7,647 unannounced inspections in 2022-23 – down two per cent on the previous year. The union said…

Contractors have been turning down deals to remediate the country's most desperate school buildings because of inflation risks, a report has warned. In a report published today (28 June), the National Audit Office (NAO) says a major government initiative to remediate blocks at 500 education institutions in the direst need…

Dandara has become the 49th developer to agree to sign the government’s fire safety contract. This means only two firms – Abbey Developments and Rydon Homes, the sister company to Grenfell contractor Rydon Maintenance – continue to resist signing in the face of mounting pressure. Housebuilder Dandara is the latest…

As £750m of work is announced, CN asks if a change in governance will finally get the job done Parliament has alerted contractors to £750m of work coming up on the historic Palace of Westminster and its wider estate. Over the second half of this decade, a wide range of…

The chief executive of Willmott Dixon has warned schemes may be cancelled due to “considerable uncertainty” over the regulatory requirements around second staircases in high-rise blocks. Rick Willmott issued the warning as the industry waits to see if the government’s soon-to-be-updated fire safety regulations on second staircases go further than…

A Ferrovial Construction worker has died after a collision with a passenger bus at Heathrow Airport. The man in his 60s died in hospital last Thursday (15 June) after the incident at the west London aviation hub two days earlier. Ferrovial said in a statement: “It is with great sadness…

A dangerous-structure notice will be issued after the collapse of a roof at an east London residential site that was developed by Ballymore but which is now managed by Galliard Homes. On Thursday evening (15 June), a roof collapsed into Crossharbour Montessori Day Nursery in the Isle of Dogs. London…