All posts tagged "health and safety"

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  Construction

  Saudi Arabia building collapse kills at least seven workers

  The collapse of a roof at a construction site in Saudi Arabia has killed at least seven people, according to media reports.A...

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  Features

  Safety first in Gulf construction

  The health and safety of workers on construction sites has always been a hot-button issue in the UAE and GCC. The region...

• Opinion

  Mental health of construction workers needs more thought

  This month, Big Project ME looks at how the UAE’s construction industry is working to change the way health and safety is approached in...

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  Property

  Dubai Torch fire: 81 of 676 apartments still uninhabitable

  Oman Insurance Company, the insurer of the Torch Tower in Dubai, has said that 81 out of the 676 apartment units in...

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  Consultant

  Health concerns of UAE construction workers ‘need more attention’

  While strides have been made in improving safety standards on UAE construction sites, the health of workers is not receiving adequate attention, consultants...

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  Infrastructure

  Qatari court orders $272,000 compensation over sewer deaths

  A Qatari court has ordered the payment of $272,000 to the dependents of four workers who died as a result of sewer...

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  Consultant

  Haste, lack of planning ‘main causes of UAE site accidents’

  A tendency in the UAE to finish construction projects quickly, combined with a lack of adequate planning, is the primary cause behind...

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  Construction

  Building boss fined $23k… for breaking his own leg

  The director of a UK building firm has been fined £15,000 after undertaking “reckless” excavation work – which resulted in him breaking...

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  Construction

  Sharjah workers killed due to lack of safety measures

  In light of the various worker mishaps being reported from across the country, a recent news story by local daily  The National...

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  Construction

  Residential fire accidents in Dubai on the rise

  Cyclists participating in Dubai Tour, the city’s largest exclusive cycle race ever, were caught off-guard as a flames billowed from a residential...