All the latest updates on building safety reform
This photo looks impressive, but there’s also a worrying lack of hard hats …
It looks impressive, but perhaps a few more hard hats, safety rails and scaffolding boards would be sensible? Thanks to Duncan Forbes for this photograph taken in Greece.
Balfour Beatty launches safety investigation after incident earlier this month
William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
“Not only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,” notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
The latest chatter around the industry
The government is promising speed and certainty but RLB’s Andrew Reynolds asks if new laws will actually remove the frictions that slow delivery, strain supply chains and push risk down the line
Last week’s elections have reshaped local power across the UK, creating hung councils and planning uncertainty just as the Gulf conflict drives up costs – with big implications for development pipelines, prices and delivery, says Chloe McCulloch
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