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FFI Under Fire
It was often predicted, not least in these columns, that Fees For Intervention (FFI) would be controversial and might set HSE Inspectors against the very health and safety consultants and...
Building owners’ safety risk – the public
Normally we cover the difficulties encountered by building contractors when they infringe the construction health and safety regulations. Here we go off-topic a little, but only in the cause of...
Principal Contractor blamed for platform collapse
In construction safety terms, it is not just the letter of the health and safety regulations that matter, but how they are put into practice. Here is a case where they were not.
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Dangerous arch collapses during renovation
Sometimes the best-laid plans of people working at a site are insufficient to prevent a breach of construction safety, and a dangerous incident results. This is one such case.
An old...
Major collapse of central London refurbishment site
The devastated site that you see below is the remains of a big project in London’s Fulham Road, after two buildings came down suddenly over a weekend in January 2011. The case has now come to...