With more holiday guests expected on the Miracle Mile in the coming holidays the District has increased their security patrols by adding one additional full time officer to cover the district that contains 235 businesses between Alpine Avenue to, and including, Harding Way from Lincoln to El Dorado Streets. Security officers from Delta Hawkeye now patrol the district by automobile, on bike and on foot patrol.

The shopping and dining district is also anticipating traffic delays in the coming months due to the long anticipated construction of median projects at both ends of the Miracle Mile—Pacific Avenue at the Calaveras River and Pacific Avenue at Harding Way. The medians will include decorative brickwork, lush landscaping, and monument signs to identify the area. Construction is expected to begin in early November and may last several months.

Experts believe Saturday's flyover collapse that killed at least 12 people and injured many more was triggered due to the negligence of authorities as they failed to beef up security measures after a previous accident at the same under-construction overpass.

Accidents in under-construction sites are common in Bangladesh due to lax security measures. One of the girders of the same flyover had collapsed on June 29 and probe held lack of security measures as the reason behind the accident.

A review conducted by leading insurer Allianz Cornhill, today reveals that over £70 million of construction plant, including excavators, compressors and even cranes, has been stolen from construction sites in the last year, despite initiatives by the Government to encourage plant manufacturers to improve in-built security features.

It estimates that the UK construction industry is now losing over £800 million a year when other costs associated with plant theft are taken into account. These costs include plant replacement costs, hire of replacement equipment, loss of business and increased insurance premiums. The insurer has also discovered that thieves have become more sophisticated in the methods they employ, even posing as plant manufacturers maintenance workers in order to remove vehicles from site.

Many heritage buildings across the world are targeted by thieves on a daily basis, with the aim of stealing the valuable artefacts which lie within their walls.  It has been estimated that the amalgamated cost of this type of theft adds up to over £100 million every year in just the UK alone.  The ever increasing value of the leisure and tourism industry has also had an effect on the number of thefts taking place on this type of premises.  The risk of theft is particularly heightened in parts of the building that are easily accessible to the public which contain items such as sculptures, paintings and other artefacts which are of significant monetary value.

Before any reconstructive or building work takes place at a heritage site it’s highly recommended that a risk assessment is carried out by a fully qualified professional. Permanex Security offer a range of construction security services, and site surveying is just one of them. The process of having an assessor carry out an assessment of your site might sound somewhat intimidating, or in some cases unnecessary but it will highlight if your site has any security weaknesses and the various steps you can take to reduce them- such as investing in some electronic construction site security systems.

The district administration heaved a huge sigh of relief as Friday witnessed no untoward incident at the ‘disputed’ construction site at Nagri. Construction continued peacefully, thanks to the beefed-up security.

After a tumultuous Thursday morning — that saw the act of breaching the under-construction wall of the proposed law university and filing of five named and 100 unnamed FIRs against the agitating villagers — security was tightened on Friday.

Hearing a petition on the Nagri issue, the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday directed the Jharkhand Government to provide tight security at Nagri so that construction could be continued at the site.

The order said that the Government could even take help from the para military forces like CRPF and CISF for providing security at the site.

Neil Murray, who was a senior construction officials within the Health and Safety Executive, takes overall responsibility for health and safety matters across the London-based construction group.

“Even in just a short time meeting the senior team and divisional leadership it is clear to me that this is a group with a great deal of energy and focus on doing the right thing,” said Mr Murray.

“There is a clear vision to Plan Safe, Work Safe across the group and my role is to help deliver that vision by making sure a common way of working is applied consistently.”

With an eventful summer now behind us, it appears that the construction sector is going through a phase of site security project assessments and contract renewals. Permanex CCS Group has never been busier, drafting site security proposals and signing up new projects.

"We've found that when the current economic downturn hit construction companies, a number either simply did nothing about site security or looked to deploy simple CCTV solutions in a bid to cut costs," explained David Fox, senior consultant with Permanex CCS Group. "They are now coming to realise that an effective solution can be extremely cost effective but that it has to be appropriately designed, correctly installed and constantly monitored if it is to have the desired impact; and are turning to us as a major supplier of site and scaffolding monitoring solutions to instigate a cost effective package."

The security official was filmed using his IDF-issued vehicle to transport material used for illegal construction, which violates army regulations.

A security coordinator in a West Bank settlement has been reprimanded by the Israel Defense Forces after being filmed using his IDF-issued vehicle to transport material used for illegal construction.

Development of a new Center Parcs holiday resort has gotten underway this week following the award of a major contract.

Bowmer & Kirkland (B&K) clinched a deal to construct the £93 million holiday resort which will be situated in Woburn Forest, Bedfordshire, and will become the fifth site of its ilk within the UK. The company announced that the work will see the construction of leisure buildings and facilities around the site which is due to be the selling point of the holiday park to potential visitors. Officials have given a timeframe of 72 weeks for the project to be finished with spring 2014 earmarked for a completion date.