Procurement – Covid-19

Courts allow cladding claim amendment beyond limitation period

Limitation will continue to play a key role in defective cladding cases, law firm Fieldfisher has told Construction Law following a recent Court of Appeal ruling that one such case can proceed despite a new basis of claim being pleaded after the expiry of the primary limitation period.

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Site safety action urged after Glasgow art school blaze

Fire risk assessments must be continually reviewed on future construction projects and all site staff should receive specific fire safety training, a report has urged following an investigation into the 2018 fire at the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building.

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Parliament denied greater oversight of delayed projects

Government has rejected a proposal for “intense Parliamentary scrutiny” to be formally triggered when major transport infrastructure projects overrun or overspend beyond certain thresholds during delivery.

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Developer shut down after defrauding investors

A fraudulent property developer which obtained over £1 million from investors by promising misleading fixed returns has been wound up by the High Court.

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Motorway contractors probed in fraud investigation

Criminal prosecutions will not be pursued by National Highways following a probe into suspected fraud, bribery and theft of assets taking place on a scheme to upgrade 38km of the M1 to smart motorway between Milton Keynes and Northampton.

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Company fined after fatal fall through asbestos roof

A construction firm has been sentenced after an employee was fatally injured when he fell six metres through a fragile roof while working on a project in Liverpool. The project's client was previously fined for the same incident last year.

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Cladding manufacturers now told to pay into remediation fund

Michael Gove has extended threats of commercial restrictions and legal consequences to cladding and insulation manufacturers unless they agree to help pay for the remediation of unsafe products on residential blocks.

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Fresh claims to arise as project delays double since pandemic

Industry continues to weather a storm of claims and disputes in the aftermath of Covid related disruption to projects, lawyers have indicated after research found that delays to large scale schemes doubled in length during the pandemic.

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Danish-German tunnel works pause for lawsuit

A temporary halt on dredging work for the German side of the sub-sea Fehmarnbelt tunnel to Denmark has been agreed following a court application by activists concerned over the destruction of protected reef habitats.

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Sentences given for safety failings on Irvine housing site

A construction company has been fined and its director disqualified for two years after multiple health and safety failings, giving rise to significant risk, were discovered on a house building site in Irvine, Scotland.

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