Procurement – Covid-19

Company fined after death of child at Yorkshire development

A civil engineering firm has been fined £600,000 for safety breaches after a seven year old child became trapped and suffocated on a construction site in South Yorkshire in July 2015.

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Appeal court clears way for Southampton runway extension

Plans to extend the runway at Southampton Airport to accommodate larger aircraft are free to proceed after the Court of Appeal rejected a second attempt by local campaigners to overturn planning approval for the scheme.

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Construction sector reports increase in disputes

More than a quarter of firms have been involved in one or more disputes in the past 12 months according to a new Construction Contracts & Law Report from the Royal Institute of British Architects.

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M+W subsidiary sues former directors over loss-making projects

An engineering and construction contractor is suing three of its former directors after suffering losses of approximately £320 million on a series of energy from waste projects.

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Auditor denies responsibility for £1.3bn Carillion losses

KPMG has denied liability for £1.3 billion of losses which are being claimed by Carillion’s liquidator. In a defence submission to the High Court, the auditor contends that it was misled by directors at the collapsed construction firm, who it says failed to disclose key information in the preparation of financial statements to make these more “audit friendly”.

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KPMG fined £14.4 million over Carillion audits

Auditor KPMG has been fined a record £14.4 million and five of its former staff sanctioned after a Disciplinary Tribunal found they provided false and misleading information to the Financial Reporting Council as it inspected audits of Carillion and software firm Regenersis. Separately, three former Carillion directors also received fines from the Financial Conduct Authority this week.

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Competence standards published for building safety management

The British Standards Institution has published three new standards which set out competence requirements for building safety management, including Principal Designers and Principal Contractors.

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Procurement called into question on large London projects

Transport for London has been urged to improve and tighten its procurement processes following a review by the Greater London Authority’s Oversight Committee. The review focused on several projects which “have given the Committee reason to be concerned,” including the Silvertown Tunnel.

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Net Zero Strategy ruled in breach of climate act

Government’s Net Zero Strategy will have to be revised following a High Court ruling which found the document to be in breach of obligations under the Climate Change Act 2008.

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Grenfell Inquiry completes evidence taking

Evidential hearings have now concluded for Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry after it took a broad range of witness testimony over the last 18 months in order to get to the bottom of the disaster at the west London residential block.

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