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Celotex fire test was not “underhanded”, Inquiry hears

The contractor who installed an ‘over engineered’ test rig designed by insulation manufacturer Celotex to ensure its RS5000 product received a pass for fire safety has said he was not aware of any “underhanded” behaviour and that the composition of the rig was “clear for anybody to see”.

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Building scandal brewing in flood protection failures

Government must do more to protect existing and future homes from the risk of increased flooding or the issue may become “the next major housing and building regulations scandal”, a Parliamentary committee has warned. One lawyer says the problem of flooding has been largely ignored by successive governments.

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News in Brief: 5 March 2021

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on its draft Social Partnership & Public Procurement Bill, which would require contracting authorities to set out objectives to achieve social objectives in contracts.

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Project Speed for rail faces contractual challenges

Government is challenging the railway industry to pioneer new ways of working in order to halve the time and reduce the cost of delivering key projects as part of its Project Speed initiative.

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Bechtel loses procurement challenge over HS2 station contract

High Speed 2 has successfully defended a major High Court procurement challenge brought by Bechtel after the contractor failed in its bid for the £1.3Bn construction partner contract to deliver Old Oak Common station.

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Confusion over liability for pandemic impacts

Confusion remains over who takes responsibility for Covid related delays and additional costs on projects, with a third of respondents to an industry survey reporting that their contracts were not fit to address the effects of notifiable pandemic events.

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Sector less adversarial than feared during pandemic

Industry has remained less adversarial than many feared at the start of the pandemic according to analysis from consultant Gleeds, which highlights a trend towards greater collaborative working.

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Legal expert to lead construction frameworks review

Construction law specialist Professor David Mosey of King’s College London will lead an independent review of public sector construction frameworks in a bid to support more effective contracting, the Cabinet Office has announced.

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News in Brief: March 2021

Establishment of a new Building Safety Regulator to oversee the safe design, construction and occupation of high risk residential buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has taken a key step forward with the appointment of a Chief Inspector of Buildings.

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Roofing firm fined £165,000 following fatal fall

A roofing company has been fined for 'completely inadequate' safety precautions after an employee fell to his death while working on a warehouse roof at the Port of Tilbury.

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