Procurement – Covid-19

Only two house builders hold out against remediation contract

Only two house builders have yet to agree to sign the government’s Developers Remediation Contract committing them to remediating unsafe buildings following Dandara agreeing to sign.

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High Court backs Sky in leaking roof dispute

Media group Sky has had a ruling in its favour in the High Court over a long running dispute with insurers over a leaking roof at its West London headquarters.

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Industry not fully aware of immigration system that could help skills crisis

Low levels of awareness and engagement with the Points-Based System (PBS) post-Brexit continue to exacerbate existing skills shortages within the UK construction sector, according to ta report from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

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Council publishes apology over major street improvement project

Sheffield City Council has published an apology for its handling of the street trees dispute that arose during a £2.2 Billion street improvement project.

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Government slammed for failure to develop zero carbon energy plans

Parliament’s spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused the government of failing to have developed an integrated and coherent plan to deliver its net zero carbon ambitions.

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Government rejects PBAs on smaller contracts

The government has rejected a proposed amendment to its Procurement Bill that would have mandated project bank accounts on all jobs valued over £2m.

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Key amendments tabled to UK’s first Procurement Bill

Two key amendments were tabled to the Procurement Bill as it moved to its Third Reading stage.

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Call to force climate change into planning decisions

Over 100 UK property companies, including industry giants like Landsec, Grosvenor Property and Rockwool, have joined with the UK Green Building Council to write to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling for legislation to force planning decisions to take account of climate change.

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Highways procurement system to drive innovation

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) has launched an Innovation Procurement System (IPS) to increase local authorities’ ability to adopt innovation in the highways sector at a lower cost.

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Transport Scotland slammed as the UK’s ‘worst client’

Contractors body CECA Scotland has slammed the Transport Scotland roads authority as the ‘worst client in the UK’ for its anomalous persistence with using its own in house contracts rather than switching to NEC.

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