Procurement – Covid-19

Infrastructure Bank details welcomed in thin Budget for construction

Details of the new UK Infrastructure Bank revealed in this week’s Budget have been welcomed by lawyers, but a lack of fresh announcements on construction spending by the Chancellor has been described as a “missed opportunity”.

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Celotex fire test was not “underhanded”, Inquiry hears

The contractor who installed an ‘over engineered’ test rig designed by insulation manufacturer Celotex to ensure its RS5000 product received a pass for fire safety has said he was not aware of any “underhanded” behaviour and that the composition of the rig was “clear for anybody to see”.

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Building scandal brewing in flood protection failures

Government must do more to protect existing and future homes from the risk of increased flooding or the issue may become “the next major housing and building regulations scandal”, a Parliamentary committee has warned. One lawyer says the problem of flooding has been largely ignored by successive governments.

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News in Brief: 5 March 2021

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on its draft Social Partnership & Public Procurement Bill, which would require contracting authorities to set out objectives to achieve social objectives in contracts.

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Project Speed for rail faces contractual challenges

Government is challenging the railway industry to pioneer new ways of working in order to halve the time and reduce the cost of delivering key projects as part of its Project Speed initiative.

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Bechtel loses procurement challenge over HS2 station contract

High Speed 2 has successfully defended a major High Court procurement challenge brought by Bechtel after the contractor failed in its bid for the £1.3Bn construction partner contract to deliver Old Oak Common station.

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Roofing firm fined £165,000 following fatal fall

A roofing company has been fined for 'completely inadequate' safety precautions after an employee fell to his death while working on a warehouse roof at the Port of Tilbury.

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Tougher product certification proposed for high risk buildings

Fresh proposals to strengthen the process by which construction products can become certified as safe for use on higher risk residential buildings (HRRBs) have been set out by the British Board of Agrément. But one lawyer says the testing of individual products can only be relied on so far.

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Planning protocol could help resolve disputes

A new tool designed to help construction firms prepare and maintain high quality project programmes promises to support greater collaboration between parties and could assist in the resolution of time related disputes.

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BRE supervisor denies knowledge of fire test deception

A former BRE testing supervisor who oversaw fire tests of Celotex’s RS5000 insulation product, which was used on Grenfell Tower, has denied claims that he knew about extra components being added to the test rig to help ensure a pass.

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