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Key Singapore FIDIC ruling

The Singapore Appeal Court has provided a key ruling in relation to FIDIC contracts that confirms that a contractor can go to arbitration solely over an employer’s failure to comply with the decision of a Dispute Resolution Board (DAB).

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Late payments law promised

Government plans to introduce late payments legislation in an Enterprise Bill this Parliament have been confirmed in the Queen’s Speech.

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News in Brief: June 2015

Four men were awaiting sentencing as we went to press after pleading guilty to corruption charges related to the allocation of building work contracts by the City of Edinburgh Council.

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JCT goes digital

JCT has launched a digital service for its contracts, starting with JCT Minor Works and JCT Design and Build.

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Survey reveals ‘trust gap’

Over half of construction project owners experienced one or more underperforming projects in the previous year, despite having confidence in project planning and controls, says KPMG International’s 2015 Global Construction Project Owner’s Survey: Climbing the Curve.

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News in Brief: May 2015

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has issued amendment sheets for its 2011 edition of JCT contracts, covering the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015), which are effective from 6 April 2015. The amendment sheets, available to download in PDF format, can be accessed at www.jctltd.co.uk/cdm-amendmentsheets.aspx

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Network Rail improves payment times

Network Rail has speeded up payment times and standardised its pre-qualification questionnaire as a result of the change in its classification as a public sector body in September last year, Commercial Director Jim Carter told a London conference.

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Welsh procurement changes

The Welsh government’s procurement policy is to be ‘refreshed’ just over two years after it was launched in December 2012.

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Integrated insurance gets test

Integrated project insurance will be used for the first time on a UK construction contract on the £10 million CABTech Centre for Advanced Building Technologies and Construction Skills project at Dudley College.

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News in Brief: April 2015

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has appointed Peter Baker as its new chief inspector of construction. Mr Baker is swapping HSE’s chemicals, explosives and microbiological hazards brief for construction, replacing acting chief inspector Philip White from 1 April 2015.

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