Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-60606060 Elder Healthcare, which operates a care home on the Isle of Man, has been fined £46,000 for health and safety violations following the…
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-avenue-landscaping-and-remediation-project-one-of-the-uks-most-significant-brownfield-projects The Avenue Landscaping and Remediation Project transformed a heavily contaminated 98-hectare site of the former Avenue Coking Works into a safe and usable…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-60652664 A large fire broke out on the 17th floor of a high-rise tower block in Aldgate East, London, leading to the evacuation of…
Link: https://hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk/2018/02/27/drawing-the-line-on-boundaries/ The HM Land Registry blog discusses the complexities of property boundaries, emphasizing that their title plans only show general boundaries and do not…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-60606396 A fire broke out at Dalton Mills in Keighley, a historic mill complex used as a filming location for shows like Peaky Blinders,…
Link: https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/government-considered-scrapping-building-control-entirely-as-part-of-red-tape-review-74457 The government contemplated eliminating building control and depending on private insurers for construction standards during its ‘Red Tape Challenge,’ as revealed in the…
Link: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10558375/TOM-LEONARD-Graveyard-green-giants.html In Sweetwater, Texas, a graveyard of approximately 4,000 discarded wind turbine blades highlights the hidden environmental costs of renewable energy, as these massive…
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-60508271 Harvinder Kular, a 39-year-old experienced pipe layer, was crushed to death in an unsupported trench at Suffolk Business Park on April 1. An…
Link: https://www.building.co.uk/comment/why-new-safety-laws-could-do-more-harm-than-good/5116194.article The proposed amendments to the Building Safety Bill could inadvertently worsen the housing crisis by driving insurers out of the construction market, making…
Link: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1495765124350717952.html The British government was aware as early as September 2002 that aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding posed a catastrophic fire risk, yet failed…
