Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6g403j7zgo Oxford City Council was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for failing to properly identify and manage asbestos in the town…
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/23/the-uk-is-getting-drier-could-reusing-greywater-help The UK faces a growing water crisis, with projections indicating a shortfall of 5 billion litres per day by 2055 due to climate…
Link: https://press.hse.gov.uk/2025/06/20/building-firm-fined-after-house-collapse-injures-four/ Aryn Stones Ltd was fined £50,000 after a first-floor collapse at a Hampstead construction site injured four workers, two seriously. The company failed…
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c939y59vn95o The director of a home insulation company who encouraged his sales staff to “systematically” bully and lie to vulnerable customers has been jailed.…
Finishing plaster skimmed over the top of an old textured coating. Adhesion failure to a large section of ceiling.
Link: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2025/06/05/over-1300-finished-flats-lying-empty-in-gateway-3-logjam/ Over 1,300 completed flats across nine high-rise projects remain unoccupied due to delays at the final Gateway 3 stage of the building safety…
Link: https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/merseyside-residents-told-to-leave-high-rise-flats-due-to-fire-safety-concerns-92088 Residents of Beech Rise and Willow Rise in Kirkby, Merseyside, have been ordered to vacate their homes due to severe fire safety hazards.…
