UK

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 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.

The latest episode of The Brace Yourself Podcast puts the question every scaffolder has asked to two guests who made the move into design: Buckley Design Solutions founder Lee Buckley and Altrad Denmark Technical Authority Tony Nicolaisen.

Government figures show 46% of monitored buildings in England are recorded as awaiting work on unsafe cladding.

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.

PERI UK has supplied access scaffolding, formwork and engineering support for a 400m-long concrete dive-under being built as part of HS2’s Delta Junction near Birmingham.

CSCS has challenged the reasons for CISRS’s planned departure, while CISRS tells ScaffMag its legal advice and concerns over duplicate cards underpin the decision.

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.

HAKI Safety has halved the workforce across Combisafe and its UK fall protection operation as it moves to integrate the recently acquired business.