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HSE launches new FFI dispute process

Disputed invoices raised under the Health and Safety Executive’s fee for intervention (FFI) cost recovery scheme are now to be considered by a fully independent panel, a new process introduced on 1 September dictates.

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Scottish clients failing on prompt payment

Only a third of Scottish public sector contracting authorities can be considered compliant with new rules designed to ensure prompt payment to their suppliers, the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group for Scotland has claimed.

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Construction firm fined after ignoring safety warnings

A Bristol based construction company will have to pay almost £150,000 after a number of risks to health and safety were identified at a site where nine timber frame town houses were being built.

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Industry invited to share views on digitisation

Legal experts and construction industry professionals are being encouraged to give their views on construction contracts and related legal issues for a major survey by the NBS. The survey is expected to shed new light on what impact the digitisation of the industry is having on the number and nature of disputes.

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Firm fined after fall from scaffolding

A construction company has been fined after a worker – who was untrained and not equipped with the appropriate safety equipment – suffered life changing injuries as a result of a fall from scaffolding.

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UK spends heavily on large procurement contracts

The UK spends almost double that of the rest of the EU combined on large procurement contracts, and much less on smaller ones, new research from the Taxpayers’ Alliance has found.

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Firms resilient despite late payments

Nearly two thirds of engineering services firms are still not being paid within 30 days by their public sector clients according to latest figures on prompt payment.

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Chairman given terms of reference for Grenfell inquiry

Adequacy of building regulations and the actions of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are to be examined as part of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, it has been announced.

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Construction director jailed for £350,000 tax fraud

An accountant and construction boss who admitted to tax fraud after pocketing the VAT he charged his clients has been jailed.

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NEC4 signals new era of collaboration

The latest issue of Construction Law – Vol 28 No 7 – arrives on subscribers’ desks this week, with highlights including analysis of the new NEC4 contract from former NEC Drafting Panel adviser Tony Blackler and Stephen Woodward of Resolex.

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