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Besix credited good teamwork across the project hierarchy for the safety milestone (Photograph courtesy of Besix)

Besix notches up 20 million injury-free hours on Dubai Uptown Tower

The team building the 340m-high Dubai Uptown Tower this week logged 20 million person-hours without a lost-time injury since work started in January 2019. Besix Middle East is responsible for…

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‘Callous’ Illinois contractor fined for failing to protect workers from site hazards

Araujo Construction, a roofing contractor based in Calumet City, Illinois, has been fined $277,000 for repeatedly failing to protect employees from hazards while working on residential projects. According to the…

Biolift’s image of the exoskeleton in action

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Vinci wins Canadian safety prize for compressed air exoskeleton

An exoskeleton devised by a Canadian subsidiary of French contractor Vinci and Montreal-based Biolift has been honoured by Quebec’s Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association. Eurovia Quebec and Biolift won…

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Three killed in Hong Kong crane collapse

Three workers died and six were injured on Wednesday in Hong Kong when a tower crane collapsed at a construction site on Anderson Road, Sau Mau Ping.