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Keep up to dateA creative use of a tree shows how scaffolding shouldn鈥檛 be done
Thanks to Philip Roach for these photos of an inventive attempt at scaffolding in Wallington, Surrey. 鈥淎t least they put in a double handrail,鈥� he says. 鈥淣ot so sure about nailing everything to the tree, though!鈥�
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
鈥淣ot only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,鈥� notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
Everyone says an inclusive organisation is important, but too few people聽are ready to invest the time and money to make it so. That has to change, says Marsha Ramroop
Challenges persist but the industry appears to have turned a corner and the outlook has notably improved since last year, says聽Nick Gray of Currie & Brown聽
The recent extension to the UK鈥檚 acceptance of the European CE mark offers an overdue opportunity to drive the construction products industry towards increased safety, performance and trade, says Peter Caplehorn of the Construction Products Association
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