{"id":32267,"date":"2022-01-18T16:03:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32267"},"modified":"2022-01-17T17:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T17:34:44","slug":"building-collapses-after-foundation-blunders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32267","title":{"rendered":"Building collapses after foundation blunders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A building contractor has been prosecuted after carrying out unsafe excavation works that resulted in the partial collapse of a residential building.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Construction Enquirer<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 on 14 August 2019, Iproject Cheshire Limited had been carrying out refurbishment works on a building in Didsbury.<\/p>\n<p>Employees of the company undermined the foundations while digging out the ground around the building causing a partial collapse. There were no injuries or fatalities, but the collapse presented a risk to life.<\/p>\n<p>An HSE investigation found that the company failed to properly plan or carry out the work safely. A risk assessment into the excavations had not been carried out. There was no safe system of work in place\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Iproject Cheshire Limited of Stockport pleaded guilty to safety breaches and was fined \u00a331,500 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a313,500&#8230;\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2021\/12\/23\/building-collapses-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A building contractor has been prosecuted after carrying out unsafe excavation works that resulted in the partial collapse of a residential building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32269,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32267\/revisions\/32269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}