Link: https://apple.news/Ad-OPCTFWT1q8Z5D4FimGxQ New legislation will grant tenants rights to challenge landlords over rent increases and poor living conditions, marking a significant shift in tenant protections.…
Link: Two directors were jailed following the death of roofer Graham Tester, who fell from an inadequately secured ladder at a Hove construction site in…
Link: The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 mandate quarterly checks of fire doors in common areas and annual checks of flat entrance doors in multi-occupied…
Link: https://www.nrla.org.uk/news/what-you-need-to-know-smoke-and-co-alarms-in-properties New legislation effective from October 1, 2022, mandates that social housing must install smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, aligning it with private…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-61693778 A fire and explosion at a storage depot near Chittagong, Bangladesh, have resulted in at least 49 deaths and hundreds of injuries, with…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-61654246 Five years after the Grenfell fire, the UK government has banned the use of dangerous polyethylene-cored cladding in new building projects, extending restrictions…
Link: https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/lendlease/lendlease-sued-for-140m-over-defective-nhs-hospital-26-05-2022/ Lendlease is being sued by Northumbria NHS Trust for £140 million over alleged fire-safety defects and other issues in the emergency hospital it…
Link: https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/administrations/suppliers-battle-to-recover-materials-supplied-to-collapsed-modular-firm-25-05-2022/ Subcontractors are struggling to recover materials supplied to Caledonian Modular’s failed 279-room aparthotel project in Canary Wharf, for which they were not paid.…
Link: http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-engineers-invent-world-s-first-zero-emissions-cement Cambridge engineers have developed the world’s first zero emissions cement, which recycles Portland cement using a process that combines steel and cement recycling…
Link: A fire involving five electric buses erupted in a garage in Hertfordshire, sending thick black smoke visible for miles and prompting a significant emergency…
