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News in Brief: December 2017

Balfour Beatty has called for reform to the way construction and infrastructure services are procured by the defence sector.

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Firm fined worker suffered serious burns

A construction company undertaking excavation work will have to pay almost £30,000 after safety breaches led to a worker getting burned when he struck and underground electrical cable.

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Courts take hard line on fitness for purpose obligations

This month’s issue of Construction Law – Vol 28 No 9 – is arriving on subscriber’s desks now, with need-to-know analysis and news of some key industry developments.

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Scottish authority loses appeal over developer contributions

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority over developer contributions to a pooled infrastructure fund.

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Call for action on delayed payments

Three quarters of construction SMEs believe ‘cowboy clients’ are hampering their business, according to new research published by the Federation of Master Builders.

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Judge sides with Interserve in sacking dispute

Interserve Construction has won a legal dispute over its firing from an energy from waste plant project in Hartlebury, Worcestershire in 2015.

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Survey to explore trends in arbitration

Views on the evolution of arbitration are sought for a survey being carried out by law firm White & Case LLP in conjunction with the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

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Government seeks views on retention

Seven in ten construction contractors with experience of retentions have suffered delays in receiving payment over the last three years, according to new independent research published by government.

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News in Brief – November 2017

Action is being urged to protect the safety of workers on British construction projects after the second phase of a targeted inspection initiative by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) got under way in October. HSE reports that 43 construction workers were fatally injured in 2015–16, and an estimated ten times that number died from construction-related ill health.

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Inquiry into construction quality launched

The Chartered Institute of Building has launched a call for evidence into construction quality as a response to recent, high profile failings including the Grenfell Tower fire and the closure of 17 schools in Edinburgh.

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