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Slow progress on infrastructure “poses threats” to key agendas

Government is at risk of failing to deliver the key aims of its National Infrastructure Strategy unless it picks up the pace of detailed policy design and implementation, the National Infrastructure Commission has warned. The role infrastructure must play in achieving net zero should not be forgotten, according to one lawyer.

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Leadership Council reports early win in net zero drive

Efforts to decarbonise the construction sector have reached an important initial milestone according to the Construction Leadership Council, which last year set out its CO2nstruct Zero industry change programme.

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Falls from height continue to cost contractors

A construction company has been fined after two bricklayers suffered serious injuries in a fall of approximately eight feet while building a parapet wall at a property in Cheshire. Falls from height remain the number one cause of serious injury and death in the construction industry.

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Government urged to broaden pursuit over unsafe cladding

All parties which played a role in causing the building safety crisis must be required to provide funding for remediation and the government should take steps to hold overseas developers and other relevant foreign firms to account, a committee of MPs has urged.

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Thames tunnel project procures for low carbon construction

National Highways has claimed the Lower Thames Crossing will be the first major UK infrastructure project to use procurement to reduce carbon, after inviting shortlisted bidders to tender for £1.9 billion worth of contracts to deliver road infrastructure either side of the tunnel.

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Contractor rejigs contracts approach after disputes

Costain has restructured its approach to contract selection and risk management to help guard against future legal challenges following losses incurred on two problem contracts where the company became embroiled in costly disputes.

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Carillion-built drain blamed for Stonehaven train derailment

Problems with the construction of a railway drainage system by collapsed contractor Carillion which left it unable to handle heavy rainfall have been identified as a primary cause of the fatal train derailment at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire in August 2020.

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Suspended sentences follow church demolition death

Four men have received suspended prison sentences in connection with the collapse of the former Citadel Church in Cardiff which caused the death of a scaffolder who was working on the derelict building in 2017.

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Guidance set out for managing expiring PFI contracts

Practical guidance to help public contracting authorities prepare for and effectively manage the expiry of PFI contracts and the service transition process has been published by the Infrastructure & Projects Authority.

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Safety regulator cracks down on Birmingham construction

Targeted health and safety inspections are being ramped up at construction sites in central Birmingham where projects have almost doubled in number ahead of the Commonwealth Games which the city is due to host this summer.

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