Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12884895/bamboo-japanese-knotweed-homeowner-bill-plant-overgrown-oven.html A homeowner, Stephen Neville, faced a £6,000 bill to remove invasive bamboo that had grown out of control and into his home, even…
Link: An engineer’s misdiagnosis of a load-bearing column as decorative led to the partial collapse of a Bronx apartment building, displacing around 150 residents. The…
Link: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/raac-crisis-more-than-100-schools-likely-to-need-completely-rebuilding More than 100 schools affected by RAAC, a lightweight concrete used between the 1950s and 1990s, may need to be completely rebuilt, according…
Link: https://www.thefpa.co.uk/news/author-raises-concerns-over-government-response-to-construction-testing-report- Paul Morrell OBE, co-author of an independent review on construction product testing, criticized the government’s lack of engagement with the report’s findings and…
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12845117/Balconies-collapse-residential-block-crush-car-residents-middle-early-Christmas-celebrations-react-horror.html Two balconies collapsed at the Prince of Wales Court in Hove, crushing a car during early Christmas celebrations, but fortunately, no one was…
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c729qn0951mo A significant cliff fall occurred at Whipsiderry beach, where a luxury housing development is planned, sending tonnes of rock and mud onto the…
Link: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2023/12/04/approved-change-to-concrete-recipe-to-slash-carbon-emissions/ The BSI has published new standards for concrete that could reduce carbon emissions by 1 million tonnes annually if widely adopted in the…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64005022 Thousands of unexploded World War Two bombs remain in Wales, with emergency services responding to up to 20 incidents annually. Cardiff and Swansea…
Link: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24933076/garden-ornament-actually-live-bomb-home/ Jeff Edwards discovered that a garden ornament he had for over 70 years was actually a live 64lb naval bomb from the late…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67599945 An 84-year-old man named James Smith died after an explosion destroyed his neighbor’s house in Edinburgh, with a 43-year-old woman and a 54-year-old…
