Procurement – Covid-19

Call for major projects to focus more on outcomes than cost

Promoters of major infrastructure projects need to get better at costing proposed schemes, a Parliamentary committee has heard. Institution of Civil Engineers’ policy and external affairs trustee Jonathan Spruce also said more emphasis should be placed on the whole life benefit of programmes rather than the capital cost of delivery.

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Sector output increases over last few months

Construction output rose by 0.8% in October to reach its highest monthly recorded figure for 12 years, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

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Delivery of innovative thinking explored in the latest issue of CL

New thinking is required on construction projects in order to incentivise and drive innovation, according to our Guest Editor Laura West in the latest issue of Construction Law which arrived with subscribers this week.

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Downturn in project starts points to ‘a bleak winter’

Construction starts in November were down seven percent on the same month last year according to latest figures from informational portal Glenigan. Non residential construction starts were down 16% on a year ago, but residential starts were unchanged.

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Peer alleges dual accounting on High Speed 2

Claims have been made in Parliament that Britain’s largest rail construction project High Speed 2 is operating two parallel sets of accounts in order to “delay news of future costs”. The allegation was made by Lord Berkeley -- a long time opponent of the project - in a House of Lords debate into a new Protection for Whistleblowing Bill on Friday.

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Accelerated delivery asked of infrastructure statements

Government has been urged to publish updated National Policy Statements across all major infrastructure sectors to help speed up project delivery. National Infrastructure Commissioner Sadie Morgan, who chairs the organisation’s Design Group, has written to the Housing and Planning Minister, Lucy Frazer and invited her to meet to discuss matters further.

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Rail sector urged to collaborate as five year spending outlined

Clear evidence of productivity improvements and year on year efficiencies have been asked of Network Rail by the Transport Secretary, as he outlined the funds available for investment in the railways over the next five year Control Period.

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Challenging outlook predicted for construction procurement

Project procurement continues to be a major challenge for the construction sector, with main contractors and supply chains unable or unwilling to fix prices beyond the immediate short term, according to a new report.

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Prosecution for demolition firm after worker crushed on site

An Essex based demolition firm has been fined and one of its directors ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work after a labourer was crushed by plant, leading to life changing injuries. Ace Demolition Services was fined £20,000 at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court and John Gilligan was given a 12 month community order.

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Greater oversight of project spending demanded

Government departments have been urged to make greater use of accounting officer assessments to better oversee how public money is being spent, including on major construction projects. The Public Accounts Committee says it is “disappointed that departments are not making as much use of these assessments as they should”.  

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