News

Mega project management reforms announced

The government has announced five changes to how it will manage mega projects following a study led by the Office for Value for Money (OVfM).

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

Lords launch inquiry into building safety regulation

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has issued a call for evidence for its inquiry into building safety regulation.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

Consultation opens on procurement reforms to force delivery of social value promises

The Cabinet Office has opened consultation on procurement reform proposals that will make creation of high quality British jobs and boosting skills in local communities key requirements for companies to win contracts for major infrastructure projects. Companies will be forced to make good on promises to deliver social value to communities affected by the contracts that they win.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

Government accepts all recommendations of review of major project delivery

Government has promised to implement all the recommendations of the Stewart review into how government and the Department for Transport deliver major projects. A fundamental reset of the HS2 project is needed, the review - Major Transport Projects Governance and Assurance Review: The HS2 Experience - says.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

New issue of Construction Law arrives with subscribers

The latest issue of the Construction Law print magazine is landing on subscriber’s desks around now. Our usual blend of essential analysis, comment and news kicks off with Editor Nick Barrett warning that anti-cartel enforcers have said they are targeting construction using AI tools. 

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

Government goes nuclear on energy investment

The UK government has made what appears to be the most decisive support for nuclear power for years with a pledge of £11.5 billion of new funding for the Sizewell C project in Suffolk, funding for nuclear fusion research and a long awaited decision announced on who is to build the country’s first smaller nuclear reactor.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

New Taskforce to oversee Treasury Green Book reform

A new radically shorter Green Book - the Treasury’s guide on appraisal of projects, policies and programmes for investment - will be published at the start of 2026.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

Contractor fined £800,000 after apprentice injury

Taylor Wimpey has been fined £800,000 after a teenage apprentice was injured when a temporary stairwell covering collapsed.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

Scotland’s Housing Investment Taskforce calls for more public-private partnerships

A report from the Scottish Government’s Housing Investment Taskforce recommends more public-private partnerships and long-term strategic partnerships to tackle the country’s housing emergency.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

Planning Bill may already be discouraging judicial review challenges to projects

The government is set to allocate more than £1 billion of public funding for the £10 billion Lower Thames Crossing in next week’s spending review, according to national newspaper reports. The project is being seen as a test of the government’s ambitions to unblock large infrastructure projects.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

+ More