Registration of High-rise residential buildings
The Building Safety Regulator has today (Wednesday 12 April) opened the registration process for high-rise residential buildings in England.
It is a legal requirement under the Building Safety Act 2022 for all high-rise residential buildings 18 metres tall or higher, or at least 7 storeys tall, with two or more residential...Read More »
Asbestos and You
Tradespeople across Great Britain are being warned about the hidden dangers associated with asbestos.
The warning comes as part of the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Asbestos and You campaign targeting tradespeople about the personal risks from asbestos that still exist in properties across the country today.
Around five thousand people...Read More »
£1m fine for concrete firm after ‘one in a million’ son died at work
A concrete manufacturer has been fined £1m after a 24-year-old man died at a site in Nottingham.
Stewart Ramsay, from Mansfield, was working for Creagh Concrete Products Ltd (CCP) at its Thurgarton Lane site in Hoveringham when he suffered fatal head injuries on 15 March 2017.
Mr Ramsay, known as ‘Stew’, was...Read More »
Roofer jailed after worker fell more than 16-feet to his death
A man has been jailed after a worker fell from the roof of a commercial property in North London and died a week later.
Patrick McCarthy (trading as All Care Home Improvements) was given a 14-month custodial sentence after the death of Mr Andrei-Ionel Hutanu in 2019. No scaffolding or other...Read More »
Regulator’s report on “forever chemicals” published
A report published on Tuesday 4 April has set out in detail the extent to which so-called “forever chemicals” are used in Great Britain.
It has analysed how “forever chemicals” or PFAS (Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances) are used. The report has also included exposure from everyday items such as food wrappers,...Read More »