All the latest updates on building safety reform
2024 events calendar
Explore now
Building Awards
Keep up to dateAfter climbing two stepladders – one placed on a sloping roof – and struggling up onto the guttering, it's no wonder he's weary
Actually, wait – we think he's just replacing some roof tiles. Well, at least the roof of the one-storey extension will save him falling all the way to the ground in one go. Thanks to Mike Butler, who snapped this reckless chap in Chalfont St Giles.
Somebody's horsing about up there – members of the public passing below could find this ladder most unlucky to walk under
Malbork castle in Poland was getting a facelift when Piers Michell spotted these workman perched precariously on the roof. Let’s hope their recklessness doesn’t come home to roost
Or rather forty-five degrees, as that's the angle of the ledge this painter is standing on, with no other security
Sellar no longer working on scheme with Herzog & De Meuron replaced by Acme
Some unsafe buildings may never be identified, National Audit Office says
Tony Gates leaves as Peter Leonard joins as new executive commercial director
2 Readers' comments