Report reveals industry unprepared for growing pressures

Some interesting insights on the state of the industry and its contractual relationships emerge from the RIBA Construction Contracts and Law report (see News), the first since 2018. The value of the RIBA survey might be thought to be reduced by the fact that only 5% of the respondents are classified as being Tier 1 contractors; but they are a small part of the construction universe in terms of how many of them there are.

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Fall from height lands roof repair contractor with fine

A construction company has been fined £80,000 for health and safety failings after an employee suffered serious injuries falling through a fragile roof while working on a recycling facility in Nottinghamshire.

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England and Wales High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Decisions: September 2022

Decisions of the Technology and Construction Court of the English and Wales High Court for September 2022.

Supplied by BAILII, The British and Irish Legal Information Institute.
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Solutions 4 North Tyneside Ltd v Galliford Try Building 2014 Ltd [2022] EWHC 2372 (TCC) (21 September 2022)

Braceurself Ltd v NHS England [2022] EWHC 2348 (TCC) (16 September 2022)

 

Director of insolvent construction firm banned for seven years

A construction boss has been disqualified as a director for seven years after failing to keep adequate accounts while his business – now in liquidation – was trading.

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Golden Thread to reduce construction disputes

Adoption of a ‘Golden Thread’ approach to information management on construction projects – as mandated for higher risk residential buildings under the Building Safety Act – will help to reduce disputes in the sector, a webinar heard this week.

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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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