A construction company has been sentenced after a worker was injured while demolishing a farm building. South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how an employee of Northern Structures Ltd was removing roof sheets from a timber frame farm building when he fell approximately 4 metres through one of the asbestos cement roof sheets onto the ground […]
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Prison sentence and £65,000 costs for contractor after unsafe demolition work
A Manchester-based property developer has today been sentenced after the roof and part of the rear wall collapsed at one of his properties during demolition works. Manchester Crown Court heard how Riaz Ahmad appointed a group of workers, who had no experience in construction, to carry out demolition work at a property in Oldham. After […]
Insufficient demolition planning leads to worker suffering multiple injuries
A Demolition company has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a concrete spandrel panel. Read more
Three companies fined after building collapse in Kilmacolm
A client, principal contractor, and demolition contractor have been fined following the uncontrolled collapse of part of a building that was being demolished in Kilmacolm, Inv Read more