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Lawyers consider ‘new normal’ for construction in latest CL

Construction has shown great resilience during the past two years of pandemic but should continue to “expect the unexpected”, write guest editors Will Buckby and Tom Howell of Beale & Co in the latest printed edition of Construction Law, which published this week.

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Expert speakers confirmed for launch of collaborative procurement guidance 

Guidance developed to assist clients and the construction industry in adopting procurement practices that deliver safer buildings will be discussed at a launch event taking place later this month.

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Brewing storm of insolvencies threatens projects

Construction works risk being left incomplete, becoming heavily delayed or going far over budget if insolvencies keep climbing this year, a report has warned as inflationary pressure continues to impact the sector.

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ACM dangers known 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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KPMG sued for £1.3bn over Carillion audits

Auditing giant KPMG is being sued for £1.3 billion by the Official Receiver over its allegedly negligent audits of collapsed construction outsourcer Carillion’s accounts, according to reports.

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News in Brief: March 2022

Big four accounting firm PwC is being investigated by the Financial Reporting Council due to concerns over past audits of Galliford Try and Kier, according to reports.

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NEC issues advice on procuring ECI contracts

New guidance detailing best practice and key issues that clients considering using early contractor involvement on projects should take into account at the procurement stage has been published by NEC.

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Aggregates firm sentenced over excavator safety failings

J Murphy Aggregates Ltd, its director and an agency excavator operator have been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker was struck and seriously injured by an excavator which fell from an aggregates stockpile at one of the firm’s sites. The company was also fined for a separate, later incident which saw a worker dragged under an excavator.

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Collapsed contractor fined £1.5m after fatal crane fall

Defunct steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge has been fined £1.5 million after an electrician suffered a fatal fall from an overhead crane platform due to a poorly maintained access panel giving way beneath him. 

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Government rejects developers’ proposal on cladding remediation

A collective of leading developers has offered a commitment to fund remediation of critical fire safety issues on all 11 metre-plus buildings they have developed since the turn of the millennium as part of ongoing discussions with government to fix the building safety crisis.

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