• Seven metre roof fall from “makeshift” access system

    A construction company from Leicestershire has been fined £80,000 after an employee suffered serious injuries falling through a fragile roof.
    An employee of Cairns Heritage Homes Limited was carrying out a repair to the roof of Nottingham Recycling Limited on 1 August 2019 when he fell approximately 7m to the floor below.
    A scaffold tower had been constructed for access to the roof but there were inadequate measures in place to ensure that the work would be completed safely.The worker acce
  • Costain and Mott MacDonald win £60m Stonehenge deal

    Costain and Mott MacDonald have been awarded the £60m contract to become the A303 Stonehenge project’s Delivery Assurance Partner to help co-ordinate and oversee construction of the scheme.
    Costain and Mott Macdonald take over from existing partners Aecom, Mace and WSP who have supported the project for the past five years.
    Contracts with the previously announced preferred bidder for the £1.25bn main works deal – the MORE joint venture of FCC Construcción, WeBuild

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