The month in numbers: January 2024
SAD TIMES Annual construction fatalities rose 55 per cent in 2022/23 over the outdated interval. There were forty five deaths when in contrast with 29 in 2021/22, basically based entirely on the newest figures from the Effectively being and Security Executive. Chartered Institute of Building chief executive Caroline Gumble acknowledged: “Sadly, forty five americans in
SAD TIMES
Annual construction fatalities rose 55 per cent in 2022/23 over the outdated interval. There were forty five deaths when in contrast with 29 in 2021/22, basically based entirely on the newest figures from the Effectively being and Security Executive.
Chartered Institute of Building chief executive Caroline Gumble acknowledged: “Sadly, forty five americans in our sector never made it house from work and we owe it to them, their loved ones and their colleagues to continue striking health, safety and wellbeing at the forefront of each project”
LAGGING BEHIND
Steady 55,000 heat pumps are being installed yearly within the UK – a share of the UK executive’s annual purpose of 600,000 – basically based entirely on a Glasgow University gape published in late November.
ALL ABOARD
The predominant bridge deck of the intersection for the East West Rail works for HS2 (handed over in late November by the EKFB joint venture) weighs 315 tonnes – regarding the identical as 25 double-decker buses.
SALES DROP
The entire cost of creating topic topic sales for the third quarter of 2023 fell by 10.5 per cent when in contrast with the identical interval in 2022. The Builders Retailers Federation attributed the plunge to the broader slowdown in housing builds.
42,000
The estimated series of construction workers suffering work-connected musculoskeletal complications, basically based entirely on the Effectively being and Security Executive.
434
The series of derive-
to-rent homes in London that started construction within the third quarter of 2023, basically based entirely on the British Property Foundation.
£110m
The amount pledged by the manager within the Autumn Assertion against nutrient-offsetting schemes to promote unique housebuilding.
95%
The proportion of built environment corporations struggling to design young americans into the field, basically based entirely on a accept as true with by Rye Demolition.
BEARING A LOAD
A accept as true with of 1,439 construction-space workers between Can also just 2022 and September 2023 published that 56 per cent were suffering or had suffered a psychological health affirm, with effort perchance the most frequent symptom.
