Business fined after worker crushed by one-tonne block sustained ‘devastating’ injuries

A Worcestershire vehicle maintenance company has been fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £4,325 costs after one of its workers was crushed under a one-tonne concrete block.   The post Business fined after worker crushed by one-tonne block sustained ‘devastating’ injuries appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Worker crushed by one tonne concrete block

Haulage firm fined after horror accident

Muscovite mica: Ireland’s concrete block nightmare

With echoes of Britain’s RAAC crisis, Ireland has its own crumbly concrete problem. Rod Sweet looks at a problem now affecting thousands of homes. The post Muscovite mica: Ireland’s concrete block nightmare appeared first on Construction Management.

Ireland’s concrete block nightmare

Thousands of homes in Ireland are crumbling. In videos posted online, angry and despairing owners pull rotten concrete blocks from their walls and dash them to dust on the ground.… The post Ireland’s concrete block nightmare appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Anamore steps up to Ireland's Mica crisis

Northern Ireland building remediation specialist Anamore is diversifying its offering to include the repair of defective concrete block issues such as mica and pyrite.

Belinda Carr - Could this LEGO Plastic Brick replace Concrete Masonry Units? 08062023

Lok N Blok is an innovative, easy to install, mortar-less, interlocking building block system. Its design enables quicker and easier installation than other building materials as it’s installed in fewer steps and doesn’t require specialized equipment. Could this product - made out of recycled plastic - replace concrete blocks to lower the carbon energy footprint?