A BIM platform for water conservancy and hydropower engineering in China has been shown to double efficiency of design and analysis, say researchers.

A construction business has been fined £16,000 after a worker suffered critical injuries when he fell 10m through the roof of an industrial unit.

Henry Construction Projects Limited has been fined after a demolition worker suffered serious injuries after falling from a platform in the London neighbourhood of Kensington.

Harrow Crown Court has given a roofer a custodial sentence after a worker fell to his death from the roof of a commercial property in North London.

The sole director of a Wakefield roofing company has received a suspended prison sentence, after a subcontractor died when he fell 12m through a skylight.

A Hertfordshire construction company has received a £96,000 fine after a worker fell through a skylight while working on a six-storey house.

Falls from an elevated platform are almost always fatal, as new analysis of accident data by the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) illustrates.