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• 45 construction workers killed on site last year

  06-07-2023 23:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Forty-five construction workers were killed in site accidents last year according to the latest official figures from the Health and Safety Executive.
  The figure is sharply up on last year’s 29 fatalities and higher than the five-year average of 37 annual deaths.
  Construction made up a third of the 135 workers killed in work-related accidents across all industries in the UK in the 12 months to March 2023.It was the most dangerous industry followed by the combined sector of agriculture, for
  
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• Housing slump sees construction output fall

  06-07-2023 12:01 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Construction buyers reported a drop in overall output in June for the first time in five months.
  The bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index recorded 48.9 in June, down from 51.6 in May and below the neutral 50.0 threshold for the first time in five months.
  The index was dragged down by a steep decline in residential work.Housing work (index at 39.6) decreased at the steepest pace since May 2020. Aside from the lockdown-related fall in house building, the
  
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• Rydon pays out £27m for Grenfell civils claim settlement

  06-07-2023 09:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Grenfell contractor Rydon has revealed a provision of £26.7m to cover the cost of its part in the settlement earlier this year with more than 900 survivors and bereaved family members of the tragedy.
  The provision is also understood to include the potential outcome of ongoing talks with individuals not included in the BSR Cohort 1 group civils case settlement.
  Rydon said its settlement is being covered by its insurers.
  Lawyers for the BSR group took action against 22 firms in total. This i
  
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• Rydon pays out £27m for Grenfell civil claim settlement

  06-07-2023 09:24 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Grenfell contractor Rydon has revealed a provision of £26.7m to cover the cost of its part in the settlement earlier this year with more than 900 survivors and bereaved family members of the tragedy.
  The provision is also understood to include the potential outcome of ongoing talks with individuals not included in the BSR Cohort 1 group civil case settlement.
  Rydon said its settlement is being covered by its insurers.Lawyers for the BSR group took action against 22 firms in total. This inc
  
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• SME house builders demand action from “anti-building” Tories

  06-07-2023 08:43 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  SME housebuilders delivered a letter to the Prime Minister today calling for action to save their businesses.
  The letter signed by 200 firms highlights the “existential threat to the survival of businesses posed by the increasingly anti-development policy environment.”
  It warns that current blocks to development threaten to wipe out a growing number of firms in the coming months and years with 78% of firms considering scaling back their residential construction activities.Smaller hou
  
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• Death at former Henry site in Kensington

  06-07-2023 08:11 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  A person died yesterday at a former Henry Construction site in west London.
  Eye witnesses reported a fleet of emergency vehicles outside the site on Wednesday afternoon.12 ambulances (incl. “incident response ambulances”) along Kensington High Street outside a construction site. Paramedics with a stretcher and hard hats entering the site. pic.twitter.com/ywEOfGLOgj
  — Amelia Harper (@AmeliaHarperTV) July 5, 2023A London Ambulance Service spokesperson told the Standard: “We
  
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• Domis to start Gary Neville’s £400m landmark tower

  06-07-2023 01:03 via constructionenquirer.com
  
  Gary Neville’s £400m landmark St Michael’s development in Manchester is set to move to main construction in weeks.
  Launching the iconic tower scheme, Neville said the start by contractor Domis would mark the culmination of 15 years of hard work to transform an underused area of the city.
  The mixed-use scheme is being brought to the market through a collaboration between Relentless Developments and investors KKR, Salboy and Manchester City Council.The development is separated in
  
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