Procurement – Covid-19

Gove grilled by MPs over building safety plans

Michael Gove has admitted that the Government faces “practical difficulties” in pursuing foreign based manufacturers of construction products and residential developers for contributions to fixing the building safety crisis.

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Guidance launched to combat cyber threats in construction

Engaging in collaboration along supply chains to help mitigate the risk of cyber attacks on projects is among key advice issued to construction firms in first of its kind guidance for the sector published this week.

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Costain settles contractual dispute with National Grid

Costain has reached a final settlement with National Grid following a contract dispute on a legacy project to upgrade gas compressor stations in Peterborough and Huntingdon.

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Construction safety test administrators jailed for fraud

Two construction test centre administrators have been sentenced to 28 months in prison each for fraud offences after they admitted to falsifying candidates’ site health and safety tests for commercial gain.

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Call for step change in ethical practices

Ethical culture and practice must be further embedded in the engineering profession as key sectors including construction look to balance tensions between profitability, sustainability and safety concerns, according to a new report.

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Public procurement action urged to drive off-site construction

Government procurement must be leveraged more effectively to drive wider adoption of off-site manufacturing and meet ‘Project Speed’ ambitions for infrastructure delivery, a new report from the Association for Consultancy & Engineering has urged.

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Further claims expected after sub-contractor holiday pay ruling

Contractors have been warned to correctly determine the status of any self employed sub-contractors following a Court of Appeal ruling that saw a heating engineer win a claim for £74,000 of compensation for unpaid holiday over a six year period.

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Government knew of ACM dangers 16 years pre-Grenfell, inquiry hears

Government failed to warn the construction industry about the risks of cladding tall residential buildings with aluminium composite material despite a “catastrophic” fire test 16 years before the it contributed to the rapid spread of fire at Grenfell Tower.

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Bids invited for restructured Birmingham highways PFI

Birmingham City Council is now inviting bids for a new sub-contractor to deliver the remaining 12 years of its £2.7 billion PFI highways contract, which has been restructured following a dispute with the original supplier.

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Laws proposed to force cladding fund contributions

Michael Gove has raised the stakes in his drive to make the industry pay for the remediation of unsafe cladding after revealing plans for new powers to block firms from the housing market if they do not “act responsibly”.

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