Just when building contractors Multiplex think that things can’t get any worse in the new Wembley Stadium development, a steel beam in the new roof collapses while being welded resulting in 3500 workers being sent home for the day amid safety concerns.

The roof support beam, measuring 50 metres long by 2 metres wide, was being welded into the roof at the north end of the stadium when it fell and workers all over the development were alerted by an “enormous bang”. Despite some workers being in the area where the support fell there were thankfully no casualties and structural engineers are on site now trying to rectify the problem.

The new Wembley Stadium development has encountered nothing but problems since it began and it’s opening date was recently put back again meaning this season’s FA Cup Final will once again have to travel to it’s temporary home at Cardiff’s Millenium Stadium.

Costs for the planned showpiece stadium of English football have spiralled over the duration of it’s construction to over an estimated ?750 million and the professional reputation of the builders Multiplex has taken a severe dent in light of the continued problems.

The GMB union which includes construction workers in it’s members has already called for a full scale investigation into today’s latest accident.

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