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Planning delays causing project cancellations

Architects are blaming planning delays for a rising number of projects being scrapped, according to RIBA’s latest Future Trends Survey.

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Court of Appeal rejects judicial review challenge to road project

Construction of a £950 million road project in Cambridgeshire is to go ahead following failure of a legal challenge in the appeal court.

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Directors jailed after five men died in wall collapse

Two company directors have been jailed after a wall collapsed killing five men, and their companies have been fined a total of £1.6million and ordered to pay £775,000 in prosecution costs.

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Death fall costs contractor £750,000

Sheffield based construction and telecommunication company Linbrooke Services Limited has been fined £550,000 after an employee fell from a stepladder and died after being impaled on metal piping. The company was also ordered to pay the deceased’s family £200,000 in compensation.

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HMRC loses appeal based on definition of tunnels and aqueducts

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by HM Revenue and Customs against a decision that items constructed for the collection and transmission of water through a hydroelectric power station in Fort Augustus were not tunnels or aqueducts for the purposes of the Capital Allowance Act 2001, thus allowing expenditure on them to quality for capital allowances.

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Peabody overturns CVA in landmark High Court ruling

Housing association Peabody has won a landmark High Court ruling that overturned a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) of one of its contractors, which is thought to be a first for the construction industry.

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First government-wide procurement strategy for Scotland

Scotland has developed its first government-wide procurement strategy, with an overarching goal to “put public procurement at the heart of a sustainable economy to maximise value for the people of Scotland.”

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Judicial review could impact all road plans

London’s High Court this week heard a judicial review challenge to National Highway’s plans to upgrade parts of the A47 near Norwich based on the impact of the works on climate change targets.

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Listed building works result in large fine

A landowner who carried out unauthorised works to a listed building has been fined £20,000 after failing to comply with an enforcement notice.

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Losing tenderer’s case ruled irrelevant

A claim by an offshore energy company that it suffered loss due to an unlawful means conspiracy after losing out on a tender has been dismissed as irrelevant by a Scottish court.

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