Product verification scheme launched

A new Code for Construction Product Information has been published to help tackle “disingenuous” marketing practices and the provision of misleading information by manufacturers, which have come to light in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire.

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News in Brief October 2021

A public inquiry into the construction of major hospitals in Glasgow and Edinburgh where issues with key building systems triggered patient health and wellbeing concerns has started taking oral evidence.

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Construction pipeline promises much

Government’s latest National Construction & Infrastructure Pipeline detailing public sector procurement plans for the next ten years was released in September, representing the highest level of public sector infrastructure investment ever.

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Covid insolvency protections lifted

Temporary legislation placing restrictions on statutory demands and winding up petitions has been lifted this week following its introduction last year to help protect firms from insolvency during the Covid-19 crisis. A “fairly immediate” increase in the number of construction firms entering insolvency is now expected, according to lawyers.

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Continued tender inflation sparks disputes warning

Tender prices in construction are continuing to surge against a backdrop of rising client demand, material price increases and reduced labour availability according to Turner & Townsend’s latest UK market intelligence report, with one lawyer warning that insolvencies and disputes are likely to follow.

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Heavy fine for Britcon after falling pile strikes worker

Contractor Britcon has been fined £570,000 for safety breaches after a worker was struck and seriously injured by a falling load from a mechanical excavator at a site in Scarborough in 2018.

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Call to replace benefit-cost ratios for infrastructure schemes

Government must overhaul the current benefit-cost ratio method of appraising major infrastructure projects and should establish a formal duty to report to Parliament for ‘intense scrutiny’ where schemes exceed cost or time ceilings during delivery, a new report urges.

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Building boss banned for negligent record keeping

The director of an Arbroath based construction business has been disqualified for seven years after failing to explain more than £700,000 worth of expenditure to tax authorities after the firm was wound up in 2019.

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Arrests made in London over modern slavery in construction

Thirteen people have been arrested in police raids in connection with the recruitment and trafficking of Romanian nationals to work as unskilled labourers on construction sites in the Kingsbury area of north London.

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