Procurement – Covid-19

Contractors sentenced after Manchester cable strike injury

A principal contractor and subcontractor have been fined a combined total of more than £1 million after an employee suffered serious eye damage in an explosion caused by a cable strike during construction works at a substation in Manchester. The industry has been warned of the dangers of working near electricity networks.

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Sector warned over duty of care risks in CL’s April issue

Construction professionals and design and build contractors should review processes for both negotiating contracts and managing their work to minimise the risk of claims for alleged breach of duty of care, writes guest editor Tom Pemberton of Lawrence Stephens Solicitors in the new issue of Construction Law.

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Public procurers urged to terminate Russian contracts

Public sector bodies should urgently review contracts with Russian and Belarusian suppliers and where feasible seek to terminate these under the direction of a new Procurement Policy Note published by the Cabinet Office.

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Model contract launched to aid collaborative procurement

A model Integrated Information Management Contract has been launched which aims to support the construction industry to adopt a collaborative procurement approach, make effective use of BIM and meet the collaboration requirements of ISO 19650.

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House builder fined for Welsh watercourse pollution

A major developer has been fined £433,331 after failing to implement appropriate measures to prevent pollution from a development which impacted the River Gavenny in Monmouthshire, South Wales in 2019.

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Developers sign safety pledge as cladding fund demands dropped

Crest Nicholson, Barratt, Taylor Wimpey and Redrow are among the first major house builders to sign the government’s Building Safety Pledge, which commits them to address life critical fire safety issues on all medium and high rise buildings they were responsible for developing over the last 30 years.

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Pre-qualification standard updated with sustainability requirements

Build UK has updated its Common Assessment Standard – the industry agreed question set for contractor pre-qualification – to include new questions on sustainability, diversity and cyber security.

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Climate clause set to launch for NEC contracts

NEC is adding a new clause to its NEC4 suite of standard contract forms that construction clients can use to hold firms to account over their carbon reduction promises and tackle so called ‘greenwashing’ in the sector.

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Built Environment Committee presses for planning reform

Planning reform will be “key” in meeting a target to build 300,000 homes each year, but government has still not set out detailed proposals, a Parliamentary committee has warned amid rumours that the long anticipated Planning Bill will be scrapped.

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Call for retentions legislation as Building Safety Bill progresses

The construction sector cannot be relied upon to tackle the problem of cash retentions without government legislation, a Peer has suggested during a House of Lords debate on proposed amendments to the Building Safety Bill.

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