Murder victim on Scotland building site named by police
A site security supervisor has been murdered on a housing development building site in Scotland’s central belt.
View ArticleConstruction fraudster jailed after 12 years on the run
A construction boss convicted of committing £4.2m in tax fraud is behind bars after losing a long-running extradition battle with HMRC.
View ArticleClient fined £1.2m after contractor ruptures gas main
A utilities firm has been fined £1.2m after two employees were injured when a gas main that had been ruptured by a contractor ignited.
View ArticleScaffolder fined after worker crushed by forklift
A Leeds scaffolding firm has been fined £63,000 after a worker was crushed by a forklift truck.
View ArticleDirector fined £30k after roof collapse narrow escape
The director of a Sheffield roofing firm has been fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £7,026.58 in costs for endangering workers after a building partially collapsed during roofing work.
View ArticleOrganised crime 'making £50k-£60k a week' from construction
Construction is increasingly being targeted by human traffickers and organised crime rings because they consider the industry a low-risk target, CITB fraud manager Ian Sidney has said.
View ArticleInterserve fined £94k for bio-hazard lab breaches
Interserve has been fined nearly £94,000 for multiple M&E failings at a lab that could have exposed people to harmful bio-agents, a Health and Safety Executive investigation has found.
View ArticleWorker exploitation reports surge, Met slavery taskforce reveals
Exclusive: The Metropolitan Police has seen a massive increase in allegations of labour exploitation and modern slavery, Construction News can reveal.
View ArticleDiane Abbott: CN report 'shocking indictment of exploitation'
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has described CN’s investigation into modern slavery as a “shocking indictment” of worker exploitation.
View ArticleContractor fined after man dies falling through unmarked void
A London building firm has been fined after a chauffeur died when he fell through a void in the floor of a property undergoing renovation.
View ArticleAmey refuses to pay disputed £60m roads bill
Amey has refused to pay Birmingham City Council money the authority has claimed it overpaid for maintenance work.
View ArticleMinister bans combustible cladding as councils given power over private blocks
The government has banned combustible materials from new high-rise blocks and given extra power to local authorities to force through work to replace unsafe cladding.
View ArticleRydon firm sues London hospital over cancelled contract
A subsidiary of Rydon has launched legal action against a north London NHS trust after it pulled out of a £300m strategic partnership contract.
View ArticleBalfour Beatty fined £333k after worker crushed
Balfour Beatty and London Underground have been fined £433,000 after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when his pelvis was crushed in an incident at Whitechapel station.
View ArticleDrylining director given seven-year ban
The director of a Manchester-based drylining subcontractor has been given a seven-year directorial ban for failing to declare all of his tax liabilities.
View ArticleDirector banned for taking payments as liquidation loomed
A builder has been banned for six years after taking £190,000 from clients despite knowing his business was on the brink of collapse.
View ArticleBalfour loses damages dispute over 'practical completion'
Balfour Beatty has lost a dispute with the University of Warwick over the interpretation of ‘practical completion’.
View ArticleDirector jailed over sale of prohibited paint stripper
A company director has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for the sale of a paint stripper and a plant protection product containing prohibited substances.
View ArticlePolice hunt man who used digger to smash up Travelodge
Police are searching for a man who used a digger to smash up an under-construction hotel in Liverpool on Monday.
View ArticleMan arrested and 11 people 'saved' in modern slavery raid
A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of playing a part of in an organised crime group involved in modern slavery offences, police have said.
View ArticleBalfour JV’s £500m EfW project faces legal challenge
The decision to award a Balfour Beatty joint venture the £500m contract to build an energy-from-waste plant in Gloucestershire is facing a legal challenge.
View ArticleNo-deal Brexit: CLC warns businesses to mitigate against impact
It is vital that firms start talking within their supply chains to mitigate against the risks of a no-deal Brexit, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has warned.
View ArticlePayroll company loses CITB levy challenge
Payroll company Hudson Contract Services has lost a High Court appeal over its eligibility to pay the industry’s training levy.
View ArticleFraudster who stole £160k gets suspended sentence
A sole trader who stole more than £160,000 in a tax scam has been given a suspended two-year prison sentence.
View ArticleLiverpool Chinatown contractor boss banned for seven years
The director of a failed contractor hired to build two major projects in the £200m redevelopment of Liverpool’s Chinatown has been disqualified for seven years.
View ArticleDigger driver jailed after wrecking £4m homes
A plant operator who caused £1m worth of damage when he ploughed a digger into new bungalows has been sentenced to four years in prison.
View ArticleNorwich firm fined £150k after fall from height
A Norwich-based repair and maintenance company has been fined after an employee fell 2 m while working on a roof.
View ArticleCMA probes competition in construction sector
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced an investigation into suspected anti-competitive arrangements in the supply of UK construction services.
View ArticleWorkers detained after raid on £45m Sussex site
An immigration raid on a £45m mixed-used development in Worthing, Sussex, has seen 17 construction workers detained.
View ArticleRolled-lead suppliers accused of cartel involvement
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it has provisionally found that the three largest suppliers of rolled lead entered into a cartel.
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