Chau Sze-kit, president of the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union, said the wages of the scaffolding workers would then be driven up when a number of mesh passed the newly ...

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) on Friday said the government's new requirements to only install scaffolding nets ...

HONG KONG -- The HKSAR government has introduced rules requiring certification and test reports that prove the fire-retardant ...

All of a sudden everything starts falling, ‘boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.’ You hear a loud scream, and then ...

Recent global fire incidents highlight how quickly small oversights can turn deadly. Reviewing core NFPA 101 concepts—clear egress routes, accurate occupancy classifications, working detection systems ...

Scaffolding nets must be sampled on-site and pass safety tests by designated laboratories before they can be installed ...

Allcott Hire Pty Ltd has been fined $90,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.The proceedings arose from an ...

Stricter checks to be imposed on all materials sampled on site amid concern over alleged falsified safety documents.

New York’s “scaffold law" is driving up insurance costs and draining billions of dollars from the state's economy, according ...

A hidden insurance law is costing New York’s economy billions of dollars on MTA and other construction projects, killing jobs ...

The authorities will see whether further enhancements are needed for Singapore’s fire safety framework. Read more at ...

Two construction firms have been fined a combined £800k after a worker suffered life-changing injuries in a “wholly avoidable” scaffolding ...