Procurement – Covid-19

Bill revived to regulate embodied carbon in construction

A Private Member’s Bill which would require the whole life carbon emissions of buildings to be reported and allow limits to be set for these emissions in construction has been reintroduced to the House of Commons under the 10 Minute Rule.

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Value toolkit targets reframed procurement outcomes

The Construction Innovation Hub has announced the completion of a new Value Toolkit designed to help clients and policymakers to embed greater value based decision making in the built environment sector.

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Balfour Beatty faces court challenge over defective cladding

Balfour Beatty will have to face a legal claim for the costs of remedial works to a residential development in Dorset, where rainscreen cladding defects are alleged, following a High Court ruling.

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Construction directors banned following false Covid loan claim

Two directors of a distressed construction firm have received 11 year bans after applying for £100,000 worth of bounce back loans that the company was not entitled to during the Covid pandemic.

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Fine for collapsed demolition contractor after fatal fall

A demolition contractor now in administration has escaped with a fine of just £5000 after a worker fell 30 feet to his death when part of a corroded pipe bridge platform he had been standing on gave way.

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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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