Procurement – Covid-19

Contract scrutiny urged as inflation threatens construction

Thorough contract scrutiny and a pragmatic approach to procurement need to be placed front and centre by construction firms amid soaring inflationary pressures which have been exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine, according to consultant Turner & Townsend.

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Most builders unprepared for carbon reduction regulations

Less than half of small, local construction firms in England are not ready for incoming changes to building regulations which from this June will introduce new rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions from buildings, a survey has found.

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Standard of modern slavery reporting branded “unacceptable”

Significant shortcomings in the quality of companies’ modern slavery reporting have been identified in new research published by the Financial Reporting Council. Construction is known to be among the sectors most exposed to labour exploitation.

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Flammable materials to be barred from more Scottish buildings

Legislation to ban developers from using combustible cladding products on high rise buildings has been laid before the Scottish Parliament as part of the country’s post-Grenfell fire safety reforms.

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Systems thinking urged to replace traditional project delivery

Construction’s traditional, ‘heroic’ style of leadership is not fit for purpose for modern infrastructure projects, which should be set up to ensure focus on outcomes drives all decisions, according to a new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers.

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Fresh call for “all relevant parties” to pay for cladding crisis

Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Select Committee chair Clive Betts has called on the government to go further to ensure “all relevant parties” to the building safety crisis should be required to contribute to the costs of fixing it. Lawyers agree that the focus should not stop at developers and cladding manufacturers.

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Industry hits back at ‘unfair’ building safety levy

A group representing house builders has slammed plans for an extension to the Building Safety Levy that will force all developers regardless of their responsibility for the cladding crisis to pay a tax on new residential buildings in England. Meanwhile, cladding and insulation manufacturers have responded to accusations of a lack of commitment to rectifying fire safety concerns.

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Construction agency director disqualified over £5.5m accounts breach

The director of an Edinburgh based recruitment agency specialising in providing contractors to the construction industry has been banned for six years after failing to maintain adequate accounting records to explain expenditure of nearly £5.5 million.

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Contractor bosses convicted after fatal building site fall

Two construction company owners have been convicted of health and safety offences – including one count of manslaughter by gross negligence – after a worker fell to his death on a building site in Hove.

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Responses invited to wide ranging UK adjudication survey

All individuals involved in UK adjudication are invited to take part in a major new survey as part of research by the Adjudication Society and King’s College London’s Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution.

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