Procurement – Covid-19

Collaboration hindered by traditional procurement

Construction clients need to engage with suppliers earlier, increase collaboration during the pre-construction stage and focus on quality over price in tender award criteria to improve project outcomes, it has been concluded following a survey of NEC contract users.

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June 2021 issue of Construction Law published

Construction Law subscribers are receiving their copies of the new June issue this week, featuring the usual range of up to date legal analysis of key sector developments.

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Call to embed net zero targets in contracts

Committing to carbon reduction targets could soon become a requirement for firms bidding for infrastructure contracts under a series of proposals put forward by the Construction Leadership Council to help the sector work towards net zero. One lawyer urged greater government intervention to drive sector decarbonisation.

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Tickbox culture threatens key projects

Plans for billions of pounds of infrastructure investment risk being jeopardised by costly delays without efforts to tackle ‘tickbox culture’ in the procurement and management of major projects, a new report warns.

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Urgent retentions reform demanded

Roofing and cladding contractors across the industry could have £300M of cash tied up in retentions, according to research by a trade body which calls on the government to set an example by removing retentions entirely from its own contracts.

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Company and director sentenced after demolition incident

A facilities and construction management company and its director have been sentenced after unsuitable scaffolding partially collapsed during demolition work at a site in Bargoed, Wales, injuring two workers.

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Procurement change approaches for public housing sites

Homes England will launch a new dynamic purchasing system for delivery partners in September, marking a significant shift in the way the agency procures house builders to bring forward developments on its land.

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News in Brief: 28 May 2021

A survey seeking views to inform the development of a new standard firm joint venture agreement to help save firms time and cost when establishing partnerships has been launched by the Institution of Civil Engineers.

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Insolvency Service to receive new investigative powers

New legislation to help prevent directors of dissolved companies from setting up ‘phoenix’ businesses shortly after liquidation, leaving debts unpaid – an issue which lawyers say is rife in construction – is proposed in a new Bill which would hand additional powers to the Insolvency Service.

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Botched lifting operation lands large fines for firms

Two construction companies have been fined after a worker was seriously injured when part of an air conditioning plant fell on him during a lifting operation carried out as part of a large roof refurbishment project in Bromley High Street.

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