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HAKI Safety has appointed CFO Tomas Hilmarsson as CEO and president from 1 November, succeeding Sverker Lindberg.

Night-time lane closures will allow crews to lower access platforms beneath the roadway as work progresses on the bridge’s final seismic retrofit phase.

W G Carter has been fined £120,000 after carpenter Richard “Felix” Roper suffered fatal injuries in a fall during building work, with HSE pointing to safer access and work sequencing.

A Queensland coroner has called for mandatory additional controls on freestanding tower scaffolds in public places after finding that the industry’s accepted height-to-base rule of thumb was not enough to protect against strong winds.

A Guardian column has brought wider attention to recruitment pressures already affecting scaffolding contractors.

PERI UK has appointed Craig McDonnell as engineering director, with responsibility for its nationwide engineering teams and the design of scaffolding, formwork and temporary works solutions.

Falkirk Council is inviting scaffold contractors to bid for a four-year framework covering scaffold hire, erection, maintenance, inspections and tie testing across its housing properties.

UK diesel prices have climbed to a record high of around £1.99 a litre, putting fresh pressure on scaffolding contractors running vans, lorries and site fleets.