We are now waking up to the significant risk batteries pose on building sites says Matthew Partridge Early in 2025, a lithium-ion battery caught fire overnight on a major UK…

Construction professionals must keep up to date with the hazards associated with lithium-ion batteries, a building safety organisation has cautioned.

Willmott Dixon’s senior build manager, Gavin Coleman, explains how a battery charging unit averted a serious fire at one of the contractor’s construction sites last month.