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Contested road scheme sees start delayed

Start of construction on an upgrade to the A428 in East Anglia has been deferred from this month until the New Year because of an ongoing legal challenge. National Highways says the delay to the ‘Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet’ scheme is due to campaign group Transport Action Network submitting an application to the High Court for permission for a judicial review of the decision to grant the scheme a Development Consent Order.

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Fire safety concern raised over modern building approaches

Ambitions to construct homes quickly and sustainably should not be prioritised at the expense of building safety, the Government has been warned. The National Fire Chiefs Council says rules should be tightened for the testing of Modern Methods of Construction.

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Call for major projects to focus more on outcomes than cost

Promoters of major infrastructure projects need to get better at costing proposed schemes, a Parliamentary committee has heard. Institution of Civil Engineers’ policy and external affairs trustee Jonathan Spruce also said more emphasis should be placed on the whole life benefit of programmes rather than the capital cost of delivery.

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Sector output increases over last few months

Construction output rose by 0.8% in October to reach its highest monthly recorded figure for 12 years, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

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Delivery of innovative thinking explored in the latest issue of CL

New thinking is required on construction projects in order to incentivise and drive innovation, according to our Guest Editor Laura West in the latest issue of Construction Law which arrived with subscribers this week.

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Downturn in project starts points to ‘a bleak winter’

Construction starts in November were down seven percent on the same month last year according to latest figures from informational portal Glenigan. Non residential construction starts were down 16% on a year ago, but residential starts were unchanged.

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Peer alleges dual accounting on High Speed 2

Claims have been made in Parliament that Britain’s largest rail construction project High Speed 2 is operating two parallel sets of accounts in order to “delay news of future costs”. The allegation was made by Lord Berkeley -- a long time opponent of the project - in a House of Lords debate into a new Protection for Whistleblowing Bill on Friday.

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Accelerated delivery asked of infrastructure statements

Government has been urged to publish updated National Policy Statements across all major infrastructure sectors to help speed up project delivery. National Infrastructure Commissioner Sadie Morgan, who chairs the organisation’s Design Group, has written to the Housing and Planning Minister, Lucy Frazer and invited her to meet to discuss matters further.

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Improved carbon reporting urged to de-risk projects

Accurate emissions reporting must become integral in the design of major infrastructure to help entice greater private finance into green projects, the sector has been warned.

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Adjudication enforced in £22.5m dispute

Tilbury Douglas Construction and Doosan Enpure have been ordered to pay a client almost £22.5 million after attempting to challenge an adjudication in a dispute arising from problems on a water treatment facility project in Northumberland.

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