Procurement – Covid-19

Climate lobby challenge road building programme

Environmental campaigners have launched a legal challenge against the Department for Transport’s second Road Investment Strategy, which is due to see £27Bn spent on motorways and major A roads over the next five years.

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Market outlook worsens as contract awards put on hold

Construction firms awarded contracts worth a total value of £1.2 billion in March have since had these awards put on hold due to the impact of Covid-19, according to new market analysis.

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Covid-19 advice: Record, review, respond and react

Construction activity is declining at the fastest pace since the financial crisis of ten years ago, and for many businesses in the industry the main preoccupation is becoming the search for a survival strategy. Delays and disruption to projects and payments are the new normal.

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Sector struggles with cash flow after Scottish site shutdowns

Construction firms in Scotland are facing a cash flow crisis as a result of coronavirus, with over half of companies polled for a new survey currently waiting on payment for overdue invoices.

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Bidders for eye hospital project told to sign NDA

Construction firms hoping to win a design and build contract to deliver the new Moorfields Eye Hospital in London are required to sign a non disclosure agreement (NDA) in order to participate in the tendering process.

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Latest site procedures relax social distancing imperative

Updated guidance for safe working on sites during the coronavirus outbreak has been issued by the Construction Leadership Council, marking a relaxation of procedures set out in a previously withdrawn edition of the document.

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Court rejects request to halt adjudication due to lockdown

The Technology & Construction Court has rejected a contractor’s attempt to halt an adjudication – brought by a homeowner dissatisfied with the quality of works at her property – until after the end of current coronavirus lockdown measures.

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Coronavirus information published for JCT contract users

JCT has published information for its contract users about the impact of coronavirus on construction projects and some of the contractual issues to consider.

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Call for sector to pull together and keep up payments

Construction firms should not be threatening to invoke penalty or other contractual clauses and payments should continue to be made in accordance with agreed terms, the Construction Leadership Council has urged in a plea to the sector.

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April 2020 issue of Construction Law published

Construction Law’s printed publication is being produced as normal and the latest issue - CL 31, No 3 - will be landing on desks around now.

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