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Keep up to dateIf 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.
Backing for big and bold projects should help boost sector confidence, but with such long time horizons it all feels a bit distant
New safety requirements could signal the end of single-stage design and build, says Steve Jackson at AtkinsR茅alis. Expert advice and collaborative working are the keys to a smooth transition 聽聽
Design and build contracts have led to a 鈥渄esign and dump鈥� mentaility that is unsafe and unsustainable. Kevin P鈥檔g proposes a radical alternative聽
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