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Victorian builder sunk by $55k fine over pool installation failures

A builder in Victoria’s east has been fined $55,000 and suspended for nearly a year following a string of incompetent behaviour during pool installations at four properties.

$32k failure: Victorian builder fined after bungled renovation leaves home unliveable

A dodgy builder in Victoria’s east has been convicted and fined more than $32,000 after an illegal renovation made a home unliveable and left a single mother in emotional and finan...

Dangerous deck: Victorian builder fined $70k after illegal renovation

An unregistered Victorian builder has been fined $70,000 after carrying out illegal renovation work and failing to refund a single mother of three.

Victorian surveyor hit with suspension and $25k fine after building failures

A surveyor in Melbourne’s east has been suspended for six months and fined $25,000 after failing to properly undertake mandatory building inspections.

Rogue roof work: Qld tradie hit with $13k fine over 3 offences

A dodgy tradie has been fined more than $13,000 over offences including not holding an acceptable licence, taking an excessive deposit, and not having a proper contract in place.

Owner of luxury Hong Kong home fined HK$110,000 over illegal structures, pool

The owner of a luxury home at a seaside estate in Hong Kong has been fined HK$110,000 (US$14,039) for building illegal structures and a swimming pool following a government crackdo...

Worker fined $8000 for illegal waterworks at five Central Otago homes

Wastewater lines had been placed dangerously close to drinking water pipes, the court heard.

Unlicensed Central Otago plumber's illegal work posed safety risk

Ben DeClifford was sentenced in the Invercargill District Court. Photo: ODT Files A shonky plumber has been fined $8000 for illegal work at five Central Otago properties, a...

Deposit trap: Perth tradie takes thousands and leaves jobs unfinished

A Perth cabinetmaker has been nailed and fined nearly $17,000 for taking thousands in deposits and failing to carry out the work.

Sham Qld builder to repay $70k after faking licence

A fake builder in Queensland has been fined $12,000 and ordered to pay $70,000 in compensation to home owners after he used the licence of someone with the same name.

Massachusetts Contractor Faces $4.6M Fine After Fatal Trench Collapse

Revoli Construction was cited for seven willful violations, 33 repeat violations and 17 serious violations after fatal Yarmouth, Mass., cave-in, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labo...

How a $3m oval will now cost this Sydney council $20m

A quarter of Ku-ring-gai Council’s budget for a delayed synthetic field went towards payouts to the contractor it fired.

Theft and fraud charges filed against owner of Greenwood pool company

Hamilton County prosecutors have filed criminal charges following a WRTV Investigation into a Greenwood pool contractor accused of taking money from customers and not doing the wor...

Deceitful Perth landscaper duo slugged $19k over incomplete work

Two repeat offenders have been ordered to pay over $19,000 after accepting three deposits to carry out landscaping tasks without completing the work.

Builder turned our house into a death trap on stilts - leaving us £125,000 out of pocket and then disappearing

Ryan Ward, 37, and his wife - who doesn't want to be named - hoped to turn their three-bedroom semi-detached house into their 'forever home'.

Canterbury aquaculture company fined $24k

Homeowner at Redhill Peninsula fined nearly HK$1 million for illegal structures

A Hong Kong court has fined the owner of a luxury home at Redhill Peninsula nearly HK$1 million (US$173,938), the harshest penalty to date for illegal structures discovered during...

Director blames floods for failure to pay former staffer more than $34k owed

An Auckland swimming centre director claimed 2023 flood repairs and insurance delays prevented the business from paying $34,250 to a former staffer.

Langley construction company fined $575,000 for wall collapse that killed pipelayer

B.C. Supreme Court trial was closely watched by workplace safety professionals because of manslaughter charge against the job's foreman

Fencing contractor suffers shock on synagogue job

Company fined after worker hits underground cable

Hampshire firm fined over roofer's fall

Willow Services (Southern) Ltd has pleaded guilty to breaching the work at height regulations, after a roofer fell through an unprotected loft hatch, suffering life changing injuri...

Failed Tauranga car parking building: Two engineers fined, one suspended

It cost a council millions of dollars after it abandoned the project over structural deficiencies.

Construction Company Fined $60,000 After Workplace Fatality

Pool contractor faces fraud and theft charges in Hamilton County

Hamilton County, Indiana, prosecutors have filed fraud and theft charges against Justin Lee Carter, the owner of Smarter Pools. An investigation revealed he had taken money from a...