Views sought on professional indemnity insurance crisis

Construction companies are being asked to participate in a major review of the industry’s growing professional indemnity insurance crisis, with rising premiums and difficulty obtaining cover identified as key barriers to Covid recovery.

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Cladding firm misled product regulators

Arconic’s president has admitted the firm gave a “misleading half truth” to British product regulators when applying for a fire safety certificate for the cassette form of its Reynobond PE cladding product, which went on to be installed at Grenfell Tower.

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Chief Inspector of Buildings appointed

Establishment of a new Building Safety Regulator to oversee the safe design, construction and occupation of high risk residential buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has taken a key step forward with the appointment of a Chief Inspector of Buildings.

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Costain agrees settlement over road project delays

Costain has reached a settlement with the Welsh Government in a dispute over additional costs incurred in the delivery of the A465 Heads of the Valleys road construction project.

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News in Brief: 19 February 2021

Concerns that project risks are still not being managed effectively enough on the heavily delayed and over budget Crossrail programme have been set out in a report by the London Assembly.

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Sector reports confusion over liability for pandemic impacts

Confusion remains over who takes responsibility for Covid related delays and additional costs on projects, with a third of respondents to an industry survey reporting that their contracts were not fit to address the effects of notifiable pandemic events. Lawyers say disputes are on the rise but it is debatable whether this can be blamed on contract drafting issues.

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Arconic removed cladding safety detail from marketing

The manufacturer of the aluminium composite cladding installed at Grenfell Tower removed fire certification details for the product from marketing materials after its European safety rating was downgraded, the Inquiry into the 2017 fire at the residential block heard this week.

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Council braces for claim over Covid delay to school build

Negotiations are underway regarding how much compensation contractor Balfour Beatty is entitled to claim following Covid-related delays to the construction of a new high school in Moray, Scotland.

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Legal expert to lead construction frameworks review

Construction law specialist Professor David Mosey of King’s College London will lead an independent review of public sector construction frameworks in a bid to support more effective contracting, the Cabinet Office has announced.

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Body launched to hold builders to account on homes quality

An independent board has formally launched to oversee the introduction of an industry code of practice for new housing and put in place an Ombudsman service giving buyers access to swift redress in the event of a dispute.

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