Procurement – Covid-19

Funders aim to divert capital away from polluting schemes

Diverting capital away from environmental polluters is considered critical to tackling the climate crisis by an overwhelming majority of senior bankers, law firm DLA Piper has reported. This could have implications for the funding of construction projects.

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Sector struggles with professional indemnity insurance restrictions

Limited availability of professional indemnity insurance (PII) and costly premiums are continuing to harm construction businesses and restricting the ability of firms to work on building safety remediation, the Construction Leadership Council has warned.

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Disputes soar as poor information management impacts firms

Legal disputes have been experienced by more than three quarters of businesses in architecture, engineering and construction over the past 12 months, according to new research which found that poor information management is impacting on firms’ ability to defend themselves.

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Construction directors sentenced over asbestos disturbance

Two ex-directors of a construction company have received suspended sentences and fines after a refurbishment project at a former department store in Sunderland was found to have disturbed large quantities of asbestos.

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Engineers report limited safety progress since Grenfell

Just 36% of civil engineers believe that the sector has become safer in the five years since the fatal fire at Grenfell Tower, an industry survey has found, with 92% saying the profession still has lessons to learn from the disaster.

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Construction Act reform considered in June issue of CL

Whether there is need for reform to the Construction Act is considered by Guest Editor James Davison of 3PB Barristers in the latest printed edition of Construction Law, which arrived with subscribers this week.

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News in Brief: 10 June 2022

Tunnelling tactics used by protestors to disrupt infrastructure projects such as High Speed 2 will be banned under an amendment to the Public Order Bill, the Home Secretary announced this week.

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Construction bosses jailed after roofer death

Two construction bosses have been jailed and their companies ordered to pay a combined total of £360,000 for health and safety failings that resulted in a worker falling to his death at a building site in Hove, near Brighton.

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PwC fined £5m over Kier and Galliford Try audit breaches

Big four auditor PwC and one of its former partners have been fined after admitting breaches in relation to its statutory audits of construction firms Kier Group and Galliford Try.

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Grenfell cladding materials banned from all new buildings

Cladding materials of the kind installed at Grenfell Tower will be banned for use on buildings of any height, the government has announced as part of a package of new regulations to improve fire safety.

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