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The government has published the long-awaited Independent Review of the Construction Product Testing Regime – with a major shake-up in the regulatory system likely to follow.

Construction industry charity Lighthouse Club has launched a campaign to raise mental health awareness and prevent suicide in the construction sector.

Two construction companies have been sentenced after a worker was hospitalised for nearly two weeks after being struck by a 124kg panel.

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has written to the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), urging it to tackle drug and alcohol abuse in the construction industry 

Civil engineering contractor RJ McLeod has been fined £800,000 after a 10-year-old boy died on a building site in Glasgow.

Construction group Barhale is using artificial intelligence (AI) on its excavators to reduce health and safety risks

Construction group Barhale is using artificial intelligence on its excavators to reduce health and safety risks.

Creagh Concrete Products has been fined £1m after a 24-year-old man died at a site in Nottingham.

The Health and Safety Executive is warning tradespeople in the UK about the ‘hidden dangers’ linked to asbestos.

A national builders’ charity has expanded its counselling service after figures indicated the suicide rate among UK construction workers has increased

Amey has been fined £533,334 after a worker suffered an electrical shock injury while working outside a London station.

Racing car group McLaren has been fined £650,000 after a man fell to his death during an inspection at one of the company’s facilities.

A garden landscaping company has been fined £600,000 after an employee died while loading a lorry.

More than 150 people from across the construction industry have volunteered to help a national drive to stop suicide and improve workforce wellbeing

A property owner has been given a 12-month community order and told to do 80 hours of unpaid work after a worker sustained life changing injuries when a wall collapsed on top of him during a barn conversion.

CIOB has joined other leading built environment professional bodies in calling on the government to review the rules for staircases in high-rise buildings.

The accident happened at a domestic property in North London in March 2019. It involved a man in his thirties who sustained head injuries while working on concrete pumping operations carried out by London-based company Singh Will Mix It Ltd.