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Contractor urges defence procurement reform

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

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Research into adjudication fees published

Adjudicators’ hourly fees look to be on the rise according to new research from Construction Dispute Resolution (CDR) which revealed that adjudicators charge an average hourly rate of £210.

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CMA provides clarity for leniency applicants

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an information note setting out arrangements for the handling of leniency applications from cartel informants in the regulated sectors.

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Call for action on cash retention

Backbench MP Peter Aldous has laid a private member’s bill to reform the construction industry’s use of cash retentions.

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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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