Procurement – Covid-19

New judge takes charge of Technology & Construction Court

Mrs Justice Finola O’Farrell has taken over as the new Judge in Charge of the Technology & Construction Court (TCC). She replaces the Hon Mr Justice Fraser in the role, who had been the Judge in Charge of the TCC since February 2018.

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Loss of arm accident leads to £250,000 fine

A construction firm has been ordered to pay a fine and costs totalling £350,000 after a self employed, insufficiently trained ground worker lost his arm following an incident involving a disc cutter at a site in Cornwall.

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News in Brief: 12 March 2021

The Crown Commercial Service has now begun tendering for its new £1.5Bn framework for construction related professional services, following a six month delay due to Covid.

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Detailed legal insight offered in latest Construction Law

JCT contracts, the Grenfell tragedy impact, procurement post-Brexit, ‘Green’ contract drafting, and the government’s Construction Playbook are among the topics explored in detail in this month’s Construction Law print edition which is arriving with subscribers about now.

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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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