Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that on 21 September 2016, Joseph Kane, an employee of roofing contractor Henderson and Aitken Limited fell from the top rungs of a ladder when it slipped sideways on the scaffold. Mr Kane died of multiple injuries.
The scaffolding had been erected by the roo
Former fire and safety minister Brandon Lewis snubbed repeated calls to create a building-safety regulator prior to the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the inquiry into the blaze heard yesterday.
The minister opted instead to leave the industry to self-regulate, despite damning advice that
In a city facing an extreme lack of affordable housing, Seattle’s process for permitting apartment buildings has become a bit of a circus. For months, an unelected board debated the color and style of brick on a grocery store and apartment complex in Queen Anne. Wealthy residents of an apart
Scaffold training providers Safety & Access have introduced a new commercial course suitable for Directors of scaffolding businesses, Quantity Surveyors, Contract Managers and Estimators.
The two-day course will enable candidates to gain a thorough knowledge and insight of scaffold s
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Clinical reasoning is defined as the thinking processes employed during clinical practice, and a couple of recent studies have called upon the need to better clinic
TRAD Deck is a lightweight working platform specifically designed for the house building industry and is the UK’s market-leading product of its type. TRAD Deck provides internal fall prevention during the house building process, essentially replacing a birdcage scaffold. Just like a birdcage
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Best-known for his work with Miles Davis on the iconic soundtrack to Louis Malle’s film noir ‘Lift to the Scaffold’ (‘Ascenseur pour l’échafaud’) released in 1958,
Brian Kelly, who LSU officially introduced as its new head coach on Wednesday, said he accepted the job due to the appeal of the program and the challenge of competing in the SEC. "I wanted to be in the bright lights," Kelly told reporters. "I want to be on the Broadway stage.&q
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A $38.5 million settlement has been reached between the builders of a bridge over the 91 Freeway in Corona and nine workers injured when part of the structure collapsed in 2015.
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Eight doctoral students explained their years of research and its importance in under three minutes during the finals of Carnegie Mellon's Three Minute Thesis (3MT), held last Wednesday in the College of Fine Arts' Kresge Theatre.
First place went to Piyumi Wijesekara from the Department