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Labour pledges procurement overhaul in five point plan

Labour has promised to improve transparency around government contracts, ‘strike off’ suppliers which have failed to deliver and give smaller firms more of a chance to win public tenders as part of a National Procurement Plan, should the party be voted into power.

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Galliford Try wins dispute over sheltered housing defects

The High Court has ruled in favour of Galliford Try in a dispute concerning who bears responsibility for repairing roof defects on sheltered housing that was refurbished by the contractor as part of a PFI project in North Tyneside.

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Leading construction lawyer joins Clyde & Co

Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of leading construction lawyer Victoria Peckett as a partner in its Global Projects & Construction Group, based in London.

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Planning reforms target accelerated infrastructure approvals

Deregulating reforms to the planning system which promise to speed up consent for major infrastructure projects have been outlined by the government in a controversial mini-Budget delivered by the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.

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Project delays and insolvencies remain key risks for sector

Increasing insolvencies remain a significant risk to projects and supply chains in the construction sector and clients must stay aware of the need to share risks responsibly, warns the latest market view report from Mace.

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Industry failing to measure carbon emissions on projects

Three quarters of UK construction projects are making no measurement of operational carbon emissions across their lifecycle while more than half do not measure embodied carbon, a survey from RICS has highlighted.

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Standard proposed for construction product competence

Radical change is needed to ensure the competence of those supplying and using construction products following the Grenfell Tower disaster, according to a White Paper which proposes a new standard for assessing their proficiency.

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Major injunction granted to block HS2 site protests

High Speed 2 has secured an injunction from the High Court to block protesters from disrupting work to deliver the railway across the length of its route from London to Crewe via Birmingham. The court order will apply to a number of named defendants as well as to “persons unknown”.

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Probe into Gatwick station death handed to HSE

An investigation into the death of a slinger signaller on a project to redevelop Gatwick Airport train station – where Costain is the main contractor – has been handed over to the Health & Safety Executive by police.

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Contractor punished after worker takes fatal fall from roof

A roofing contractor based in the north west of England has been handed a suspended prison sentence after an employee fell from a roof ladder at a site in Burnley and died at the scene.

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