All the latest updates on building safety reform
If you don鈥檛 like heights, look away now 鈥�
Remember that old George Formby song? 鈥淭he chambermaids鈥� sweet names I call/ It鈥檚 a wonder I don鈥檛 fall/ My mind鈥檚 not on my work at all/ When I鈥檓 cleaning windows.鈥� Thanks to Chris Billington for the photo
Balfour Beatty launches safety investigation after incident earlier this month
William Burkitt of Stiles Harold Williams Partnership sent this picture of a man who has obviously decided that one ladder is not enough
鈥淣ot only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,鈥� notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
It is not political backing but winning the support of the people聽鈥榦n the ground鈥� who are most affected by a project that is key to its eventual success, writes聽Beth West
The proposals are a potential minefield for the construction industry
Councils should seek the views of a representative sample of the local population, rather than a minority with vested interests, argues Paul Smith
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