Procurement – Covid-19

Government unable to demonstrate value for money in procurement

The Government has been declared unable to demonstrate whether value for money is being achieved across procurements totalling £259 Billion in 2021-22 by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

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Planning changes expected to make housebuilding targets advisory

Controversial new planning rules have been promised for release this week which are expected to mean that local authorities will not have to set aside greenbelt land to meet future housing needs.

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Firms fined total of £750,000 over fatal accident

Two companies have been fined a total of over £600,000 after a worker died following a fall from the roof of a building site in Warrington. Another company was fined £120,000 at an earlier hearing for health and safety breaches relating to the same incident.

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Government makes ‘timebound’ commitment to use procurement to lower carbon emissions

The UK government has joined other leading industrial nations in promising to adopt timebound commitments to use public procurement to reduce carbon emissions. Lowering carbon emissions is likely to feature prominently in future construction and other contracts.

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Fines and costs of £993,000 imposed on roofers after HSE prosecution

Roofing company Mitie Tilley Roofing Limited has been fined a total of £881,000 plus over £112,000 costs after two workers were seriously injured during two separate incidents.

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Government unprepared for extreme weather events

Independent public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) says the government is underprepared for extreme weather events such as severe floods which have the potential to cause significant disruption and damage to infrastructure.

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Construction Law latest print issue published

The latest issue of Construction Law is arriving on the desks of subscribers to our print edition, with the acclaimed blend of news, reviews and insight from leading construction specialist lawyers and the journal’s own specialist journalists. Below, you can find details about how to join them with a personal subscription.

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Adjudicators should make conflicts declarations, says survey

‘Smash and grab’ has been revealed as the most common category of adjudication claim in the past year in the latest Adjudication Report from the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King’s College London and the Adjudication Society.

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Judge rejects injured subcontractor’s argument that he was an ‘employee’

A Scottish court has found that a contractor could not be held liable for injuries suffered by a subcontractor when he fell on a wet metal roof during a solar panel installation.

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First three year strategic plan from Building Safety Regulator published

The Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) first strategic plan - a requirement of the Building Safety Act 2022 - has been published, claiming that its impact on high rise building design can already be seen.

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