A building contractor and roofing specialist have been fined after an employee fell five metres from a first-floor extension breaking several vertebrae in his lower back. Liverpool Magistrates Court heard that on 11 June 2018, Grayton Building Contractors Ltd was undertaking a first-floor extension to a residential
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McAvoy names head of strategic development
Offsite construction specialist McAvoy Group has appointed Neil Stanley as head of strategic development to expand the business. He brings 35 years’ experience in construction, having worked with a variety of clients, consultants and contractors. Most
18 firms win £220m Yorkshire civils framework
Eighteen regional contractors have secured places on a civil engineering framework for the seven councils forming the Yorkshire Highways Alliance including North Yorkshire County Council The works for complete or part construction and civil engineering
Plan for major Leeds high-rise student and events scheme
Developer Downing will submit ambitious plans in the autumn for a major student accommodation and events scheme in Leeds city centre, adjacent to the Leeds First Direct Arena. It will seek detailed planning consent for
Midgard wins £70m Manchester private rental tower
Build to rent specialist Packaged Living has picked JRL-owned main contractor Midgard to build its high-rise scheme of 352 flats in the developing Piccadilly East area of Manchester. ‘The Castings’ scheme consists of four stepped
Homes England pumps £40m in Watford retirement scheme
Homes England has injected £40m of funding into retirement homes developer Audley Group’s planned Watford Riverwell scheme in Hertfordshire. The loan is one of the first for the older living sector from the £4.5bn Home Building
Renewal race for Scape £750m Eastern region framework
Scape has started the renewal race for places on its East Midlands and the East of England framework for projects worth up to £7.5m. The next-generation framework, worth £750m over four years, introduces a parallel
Former Harry Fairclough staff win pay battle after collapse
More than 60 Harry Fairclough employees made redundant when the contractor collapsed have won their legal battle against the business and secured a payout totalling just over £180,000. A tribunal judged that the company had
Kier road workers stage sick pay protest
Highways workers at Kier are planning a protest on Wednesday following a row over sick pay. Construction union Unite is backing the demonstration at Kier’s Basingstoke office following a dispute on its Highways England Area