Major project delivery probed by MPs

Lessons to help tackle problems faced in the appraisal and delivery of major transport infrastructure projects – which often run dramatically late and over budget – will be explored though a new inquiry launched by the Transport Select Committee.

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Prompt payments champion Klein steps down

Professor Rudi Klein, who is well known for his work to tackle payment abuse in the construction industry, is stepping down from his role as CEO of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group at the end of the year. He has been seen as a major force driving industry improvement during more than 30 years in charge of the group.

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Brexit pressure on construction contracts

Focus on Covid-19 recovery must not distract construction clients from the looming risks posed by the end of the Brexit transition period, which could disrupt supply chains, inflate costs and even test legal contracts, Turner & Townsend has warned.

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Kingspan lobbied to avoid combustible materials ban, Inquiry hears

A manufacturer of combustible insulation used on Grenfell Tower sought to lobby senior government decision makers in the wake of the fatal 2017 fire to convince them that its product was no more dangerous than non-combustible materials “when properly installed”.

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Dangerous crane incident results in fine

A plant hire firm has been ordered to pay over £250,000 after an apprentice worker narrowly avoided a potentially fatal crush injury from the toppling boom of a mobile crane.

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Lowest price contract awards outlawed

Favouring value for money over lowest price tenders and ensuring contracts drive collaboration and allocate risk fairly are among key policies set out in the government’s new Construction Playbook this week.

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Petrol explosion leads to suspended sentence

An incident in Oxfordshire which saw an employee suffer severe burns on a construction site due to a petrol tank explosion in 2018 has  resulted in a suspended prison sentence.

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Construction directors given suspended sentences

Suspended prison sentences have been handed to two construction bosses after a prosecution brought by the Health & Safety Executive. A company director and project manager were sentenced after an untrained and unsupervised worker was killed when a forward tipping dumper truck he was operating overturned at a site in West Aberthaw, Vale of Glamorgan in October 2016.

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Indecision causes megaproject delays

Cost and schedule overruns on major public infrastructure programmes often stem from ministerial indecision regarding project scopes and objectives, with key changes made late and “without discipline”, a government adviser has told Parliament’s spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

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Kingspan director was unaware insulation product was unsafe, inquiry hears

Kingspan’s former technical head has admitted he did not understand that test data for an old version of the manufacturer’s Kooltherm K15 insulation did not represent a later version of the product which was sold to the construction industry for 14 years.

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