Stop withholding payments to improve safety, urges Hackitt

Cash retentions must be scrapped as part of a cultural shift that will be necessary on construction projects to deliver safer buildings, Dame Judith Hackitt has urged. Speaking at the launch of new guidance on collaborative procurement to support building safety this week, she welcomed its focus on the practice of retentions.

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