Articles tagged with "refurbishment"
Workers receive lead poisoning in refurbishment project
During 2014 we have reported frequently on refurbishment sites that have fallen foul of the asbestos safety regulations, and warned of the dangers of this deadly material.
Less often,...
Bad failure rate in building site safety crackdown
As we have previously reported, a 30-day September/October ‘initiative’ was run by HSE Inspectors as part of what they call the Safersites 2014 Campaign. The aim was t...
Construction safety lapse in supermarket injures baby
One of a building safety professional’s nightmares is to be responsible for a site where a member of the public is inadvertently injured by the works.
That worry becomes even greater on...
Construction workers’ health the focus of HSE ‘clampdown’
As the HSE has pointed out, although we tend to focus on building safety and in particular on the cases that occur when accidents happen as a result of safety procedure lapses, the organisation...
Failure to renovate building nearly kills resident
We often in these columns highlight cases where contractors have failed to abide by accepted building health and safety norms: on rarer occasions we have to report on cases where the client is...