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Framework launched to measure procurement performance

The National Infrastructure Commission has launched an analytical framework that provides a comprehensive tool for analysing the whole life performance of different procurement models.

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Build UK members improve payment performance

Contractor members of construction industry association Build UK are continuing to improve their payment performance according to the latest data submitted under the Duty to Report on Payment Practices and Performance.

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ACE publishes procurement guidance note

Advice to help engineering consultants and their clients identify best practice around the procurement process is included within a new guidance note released by the Association for Consultancy & Engineering.

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News in Brief – Aug/Sept 2019

Main contractors behind the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route are preparing to go to formal dispute resolution with Transport Scotland over a claim for additional payment, a trading statement from Galliford Try has revealed.

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MPs criticise slow progress on Grenfell reforms

Efforts to reform the building and fire safety regime and remove dangerous ACM cladding from existing buildings have been “far too slow” during the two years since the Grenfell Tower fire, say MPs.

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Aberdeen bypass contractors prepare for dispute resolution

Main contractors behind the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route are preparing to go to formal dispute resolution with Transport Scotland over a claim for additional payment, a trading statement from Galliford Try has revealed.

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Firms suspended from Prompt Payment Code

More construction companies have been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay suppliers on time, including Galliford Try, Ferrovial Agroman and Severfield (Design & Build).

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Construction companies unlikely to win insurance disputes

Firms in construction are more likely to have public disputes with their insurers than businesses from any other sector, but will only be successful in a quarter of these cases according to research by Mactavish.

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Modern slavery consultation targets better reporting

Government has launched a consultation on proposals to strengthen and improve transparency in supply chains after publishing its response to an Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act.

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Lanes fined after ladder fall at Brent Cross

Drainage specialist Lanes Group has been fined £500,00 after an employee suffered a fall from a ladder while cutting back vegetation at a viaduct on the London Underground’s Northern Line.

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