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European funding bank signs FIDIC contracts agreement

International funding organisation the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a major agreement with FIDIC to use nine of its standard contracts over the next five years.

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Call to embrace the early warning system

Embracing the early warning system (EWS) approach could help to produce fit for purpose risk management in the construction sector, argues guest editor Stephen Woodward in the October issue of Construction Law, which published this week.

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Legal action to launch over Hackney building defects

Hackney Council will take legal action against housing contractor Willmott Dixon after a series of construction defects were discovered at a residential building in the London borough.

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Cost reporting standard to aid dispute resolution

A new international cost reporting standard for the construction sector has been published to improve financial management, with dispute resolution work and valuation of liabilities among the key applications.

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News in Brief – October 2019

High Speed 2 is looking to appoint a single design and delivery partner to manage the construction of phase 2a from Birmingham to Crewe. The project previously let two part design and build contracts for much of the civils work in phase 1 from London to Birmingham, but is now looking to employ more of the supply chain directly for 2a.

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Electrical breaches rise on construction sites

Number of electricity breaches occurring on construction sites has increased by 31% in the last year according to the latest report from the Building Safety Group.

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HSE announces latest construction inspection initiative

Ensuring workers are well protected from the risk of respiratory health problems will be the focus of the Health & Safety Executive’s latest construction inspection initiative, which is due to begin this month.

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Arbitration rules updated by engineering institution

New arbitration procedures have been published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in a new edition of its ‘Pink Book’, which accompanies the Institution’s suite of model contracts.

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Construction Management approach for next HS2 phase

High Speed 2 is looking to appoint a single partner to manage the construction of phase 2a from Birmingham to Crewe – representing a different procurement approach to the project’s first phase – it has been revealed.

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Public inquiry launched into Scottish hospital projects

Issues relating to ventilation and other key building systems at two Scottish hospitals – where safety and wellbeing concerns have been raised – will be examined by a public inquiry, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

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