Hong Kong has announced changes to building-renovation oversight following the release of the Wang Fuk Court fire inquiry report, which contains 120 recommendations.
The inquiry into the Wang Fuk Court fire, which killed 168 people, has submitted its report. Findings remain unpublished while Hong Kong considers the impact on criminal proceedings.
A 34-year-old worker has died in a fall at a Tung Chung public housing site, the 21st construction death in Hong Kong this year according to a victims' rights group.
Hong Kong scaffolder Yip Hon-ying has described how a 30-strong team spent 3 months removing fire-damaged bamboo scaffold from 7 blocks at Wang Fuk Court.
The International Access & Scaffolding Association has announced that the Taiwan Scaffold Development Association and the Korea Temporary Equipment & Engineering Association have joined...
The National Access & Scaffolding Confederation and Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme have signed their first-ever national licensing agreement with an entire country, marking...
China has become the latest country to join the International Access and Scaffolding Association (IASA), following the China Formwork and Scaffold Association’s decision to...
Investigators in Hong Kong say contractors used unsafe scaffolding netting at the housing estate destroyed by last week’s deadly fire, and then tried to...