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NDA improves Sellafield project delivery

Major decommissioning projects at the Sellafield nuclear site are still predicted to deliver late and over budget despite improved performance thanks to better project controls, risk management and contingency planning, according to a new report from the National Audit Office (NAO).

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Payment delays worsening in construction

Small construction businesses have had to wait an average of 42 days for payment during the last year according to research by business finance specialist Funding Options. This figure, the firm says, is up from just over 40 days on average five years ago and has been exacerbated by the fall of Carillion.

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Birmingham highways dispute concludes

Amey has been ordered to pay back more than £50M to Birmingham City Council after the contractor lost a long running legal dispute over a highways PFI in the city earlier this year.

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Legal partnership to support China’s Belt and Road Initiative

A Dubai legal authority has launched a collaboration with Oxford University to help resolve commercial legal conflicts that arise out of China’s $5Tr ‘Belt and Road’ infrastructure initiative, known as ‘BRI’.

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Public to foot £150M Carillion bill

Carillion’s liquidation will cost UK taxpayers an estimated £148M according to the National Audit Office which this week published its investigation into the Government’s handling of the contractor’s collapse.

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Contractors accused of silence over Grenfell role

A lawyer representing the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have called out key firms involved in the building’s refurbishment for remaining silent on the question of whether their work complied with building regulations.

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Retentions reform coming at last?

Need for retentions reform in the construction industry was demonstrated by the impact of Carillion’s insolvency, writes Jonathan Lyndman of Rosling King in the June issue of Construction Law.

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Power line incident lands fine for contractor

Construction company Mick George Ltd has been fined over £500,000 after a tipper vehicle driven came into contact with overhead power lines during the construction of a waste transfer station in Northampton.

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Reforms urged after Carillion

Ambitious and wide-ranging reforms to current systems of corporate accountability are being called for by two committees of MPs in order help prevent a repeat of the Carillion collapse.

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Action needed to beat modern slavery

Contractors are urged to act over human rights risks in their supply chains by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), which says both British and migrant workers are vulnerable to exploitation on UK construction sites.

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