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HSE takes over investigation of fatality on Everton Stadium site

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has taken over the criminal investigation into the death of a worker on Laing O’Rourke’s Everton Stadium project.

Michael Jones, 26, died from head injuries on 14 August last year at Bramley-Moore Dock. Jones died after being crushed between a scissor ladder and a beam,…

Bam appointed for full rebuild of Raac-afflicted school in Durham

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Bam has been appointed to construct the new building for a secondary school in Durham where Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (Raac) is present.

Earlier in the month, the government announced that it would permanently remove Raac, a building material now known to suddenly collapse insitu, from 234 schools in the UK.…

HS2 | Colne Valley Viaduct construction halted for ‘urgent remedial works’

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Construction of the record-breaking Colne Valley Viaduct for the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway has been halted due to the need for “urgent remedial works”.

In a letter sent to local residents, seen by NCE, Align JV (Bouygues Travaux Publics, McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick), the contractor building the viaduct, announced the delay. It…

HS2 | 84m viaduct section moved into place over M42/M6 link roads

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High Speed 2 (HS2) engineers have successfully moved an 84m, 300t steel viaduct section into place over the motorway network in north Warwickshire.

Victor Buyck Steel Construction (VBSC), working on behalf of HS2 main works contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV), utilised a “push pull” jacking system to manoeuvre the section into…