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Falcon Crane Hire fined £750k and ordered to pay costs after 2006 Battersea crane collapse
Falcon Crane Hire has been fined £750,000 after the 2006 collapse of a crane that led to two fatalities. Crane operator Jonathan Cloke, 37, died after falling from the crane as it collapsed on Thessaly Road...
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New chief for brick lobby
Former Hanson brick business to floatIbstock buoyant thanks to strong brick demandBrick shortage officially overBricks thrown back at purchasers’ instituteMichelmersh launches bimbricks The Brick Development Association has appointed Andrew Eagles as its new chief executive. He...
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Termite engineering genius confirmed
Scientists have crowned the termite as the natural world’s greatest engineer, thanks to its supreme mound building abilities, as detailed in a new study. Researchers have previously explored how termites build their mounds in a unique...
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Rawlings calls on Lakehouse shareholders for backing
Steve Rawlings and fellow shareholder Slater Investments, who together own 21.56% of the issued share capital, have launched a bid to overthrow the current board. An extraordinary general meeting is set to vote on the matter on 19th April...
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Aecom to design first Hyperloop test track
Aecom has won the contract to design and build a test track for the world’s first Hyperloop high-speed transport system. Hyperloop is a new form of high-speed transport proposed by SpaceX and Tesla Motors CEO Elon...
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Legal & General goes Dutch to disrupt dysfunctional private rental market
Legal & General Capital (LGC) has teamed up with Dutch pension fund manager PGGM to develop private rental property in UK cities. Their Build to Rent partnership will initially invest £600m into building 3,000 homes for...
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Balfour Beatty fined £1m for loader crane fatality
Balfour Beatty has been fined £1m after a worker was killed by a crane while repairing a central reservation barrier. A team from Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering set out on 1st October 2012 to install temporary...
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