Category: News
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Train derailment caused by Colas workers leaving rail on tracks
The site of the derailment near Walton-on-Thames (Image: RAIB) A train derailment in Surrey last year was caused by maintenance workers leaving a redundant rail across the tracks. A Rail Investigation Accident Branch (RAIB) investigation found that the passenger train struck the rail near Walton-on-Thames at around 05:40 on 4 March 2024, when travelling at…
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BoKlok modular flats will be demolished, Skanska says
Christoffer Hallersbro, BoKlok UK regional director said: “During the winter of 2023/24, Block 5 at Fulbeck Avenue suffered significant storm damage. Unfortunately, poor weather conditions and high winds prevented the timely installation of the roof and temporary weatherproofing measures proved insufficient to safeguard the structure. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Network Rail fined £3.75m after two track worker deaths
Network Rail has been fined £3.75m and ordered to pay costs of £175,000 after the deaths of two track workers in 2019. The rail infrastructure operator pleaded guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator the Office of Rail and…
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Balfour Beatty to build 85m-long arch bridge in Nottingham
The proposed walking and cycling bridge (Image: Nottingham City Council) Balfour Beatty has signed a £12.6m delivery agreement with Nottingham City Council for an 85m-long walking and cycling bridge over the River Trent. The network arch bridge will link the north side of the river, where the new Trent Basin community of 350 homes is…
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Edgbaston Cricket Ground £42m expansion approved for 2027 Ashes
Edgbaston Cricket Ground has been granted planning permission by Birmingham City Council for a major ground redevelopment that will include a new onsite hotel. The city planning committee approved the £42m scheme this week. Work is expected to start in September and be completed in time for the men’s Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston…
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Suspended sentence for roofer after father of three falls from scaffold
Hooper, of Brook Road, Cullompton, Devon, pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 4(1) of the Work at Height Regulations 2005. At Exeter Magistrates’ Court on 6 February 2025, he was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months and ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work in the community. He was also ordered to pay…
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Sir John Parker to step down as Laing O’Rourke chair
Cathal O’Rourke commented: “Sir John has had an impressive career, and he is leaving an important legacy here at Laing O’Rourke. I am looking forward to working more closely with our founder, my father Ray O’Rourke, as he steps into this role as our chair.” View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Balfour appoints new leadership to focus on ‘core’ UK markets
Balfour Beatty has appointed three executive committee group sector leads to focus on the group’s “core” UK growth markets, including energy, defence and transportation. Steve Tarr, who currently serves as divisional CEO of Balfour Beatty’s power transmission and distribution, rail and Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick businesses, has been appointed to be the group sector lead for…
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Machine operator saved by defibrillator at Wates prison site
“I firmly believe that having defibrillators on construction sites across the country could save countless lives in a critical situation. Without the quick thinking of [my lifelong friend] Colin, the staff at Wates, and immediate access to a defibrillator, I wouldn’t be here today. I died for 16 minutes on site, far from my family,…
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Skanska to join McAlpine on £1.25bn Port Talbot art furnace project
Tata Steel UK’s head of project engineering, Dave Murray, added: “This £1.25bn investment in low CO2 steelmaking is the biggest commitment the UK steel industry has seen in generations. It is critical that it is delivered on specification, on time and on budget, so it is important for us to choose the very best industrial…