Safety and Access wins Hackney inspection contract

UK Alex Mercer -
Safety and Access will carry out statutory scaffold inspections across Hackney Council's housing stock under a £74,100 award.

Taylor Wimpey opens redundancy talks over local team changes

Construction Alex Mercer -
Taylor Wimpey is consulting staff over local team changes that could lead to redundancies. The number of roles affected has not been disclosed.

NZ to end public scaffold certificate register in WorkSafe handover

Australia & New Zealand Daniel Norton -
Employers face direct certificate checks as WorkSafe takes over New Zealand’s scaffolding CoC scheme. Existing cards will remain valid until expiry.

NASC warns on scaffold loads and driver fatigue

Health & Safety Daniel Norton -
NASC highlights load security, fatigue and vehicle checks as a new free Truck Driver Toolkit puts scaffolding transport risks in focus.
Projects

Tyne Bridge teams hit 70% protection deck target

Daniel Norton - 0
ISS prepared and delivered more than 200 tonnes of scaffolding as teams completed 70% of the Tyne Bridge protection deck during its ten-day closure.
Construction

Construction output falls 0.7% in third quarter

Alex Mercer - 0
Construction output fell 0.7% between July and September, while the wider UK economy grew by the same margin.

Worker dies and another missing after New York bridge scaffold collapse

Taylor Wimpey scaffolders’ pay dispute moves to strike ballot

Swiss scaffold agreement aims to make loading limits clearer

Acrow lifts FY27 forecast as industrial access work grows