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Lendlease loses £3m fire-safety case against Aecom
A judge has dismissed Lendlease’s attempt to sue Aecom for £3m over…
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Access firms fined after workers fall 27 metres
Two companies have been fined a total of £240,000 after two workers…
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Edinburgh in legal action over nine-year-old tram
Edinburgh City Council is still dealing with an ongoing legal claim almost…
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Murphy row ends with payout for sacked workers
J Murphy & Sons has agreed a compensation settlement with four sacked…
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Demolition firm fined after worker hit by masonry
A demolition contractor has been fined £60,000 after a labourer was hit…
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Building owner fined over missed cladding remediation deadline
A building owner found guilty of missing a deadline to remove unsafe…
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Demolition cover-bidding fine appeal hearings set for April
Two demolition contractors fined £22m in the sector’s cover-bidding scandal are set…
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‘Disturbing irony’: cladding remediator fined after ACM left on balconies
A facade specialist has been fined £240,000 after leaving combustible cladding that…
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Homes England loses £24,000 equal pay case
Homes England has lost an equal pay claim brought by a senior…
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Government won’t set time limit for golden-thread reporting
The government will not set a time limit on when accountable persons…
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Building owner successfully prosecuted over cladding remediation delays
The owner of a nine-storey building in east London has been successfully…
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Spurs lose challenge to £2bn Lendlease scheme in Tottenham
A £2bn Lendlease scheme in North London can go ahead after a…
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Competition regulators probe concrete additive firms
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the European Commission (EC)…
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Man prosecuted for illegally working on Welsh site
A man has been fined for illegally working as a security guard…
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Insolvency Service drops case against former Carillion chair and CEO
The Insolvency Service has dropped court action against Carillion’s former chair and…
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Developer fined for bat welfare breaches
A developer has been fined for endangering the welfare and conservation status…
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Wates and Morgan Sindall doppelgangers ordered to change name
Wates and Morgan Sindall have forced three companies using their identities to…
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Kier sued over police station ‘defects’ 15 years after completion
Kier is being sued over its work on an allegedly defective £36m…
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Bellway cleared of unfair dismissal over Facebook sale gone wrong
Bellway has been cleared of improperly sanctioning an employee who tried to…
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No manslaughter charges over Teesworks demolition deaths
After four years of investigation, police and the Health and Safety Executive…