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Review finds cost savings

The government claims to have identified savings in infrastructure costs representing half of the £3,000 million annual savings target of its Infrastructure Cost Review programme.

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News in brief: May 2012

Contractor Costain has been fined £250,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs after pleading guilty to Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 breaches after a surveyor was killed by a reversing lorry during work to widen the M25 near Dartford.

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Architects shun council work

Architects are abandoning bidding for public sector contracts because the procurement process has become too complex, according to a study to be released shortly by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

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Major project planning changes

The government is consulting on changes to six guidance documents relating to the planning regime for major infrastructure projects.

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Crane register to be dropped

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is consulting on a proposed ‘culling’ of safety rules, including the proposed axing of the tower crane register.

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News in brief: April 2012

A prize fund of up to £10,000 is available in the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) Essay Competition, which is open to students on any construction related study programme.

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Prequal failing

Government policy on standardised pre qualification – PAS91 – which was launched in October 2010 with the prospect of saving the industry billions of pounds over ten years in unnecessary tendering costs, has been slammed for slow uptake by the public sector.

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Case size limits imposed on TCC

The London Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has ruled that only cases where at least £250,000 is in dispute can be started in or transferred to the court. Most disputes involving sums below that amount should now be taken to the county court.

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Early access to contracts promised

The Cabinet Office is to set up a pilot procurement scheme that will give small and medium sized companies (SMEs) early access to work packages ahead of contracts going out to tender.

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News in brief: March 2012

The Highways Agency has launched trials of Project Bank Accounts on the M4/M5 managed motorways scheme (Bristol) and the M62 J25 to J28 managed motorway scheme (North Yorkshire), both of which are now under construction. Over the next three years, the Agency says it will use the new approach on over 20 construction and maintenance schemes, with a total value of over £2.5 billion.

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