High speed vanity?

A ‘renaissance’ in UK infrastructure investment expected to be announced alongside the Budget in March has attracted a lot of comment, but few in the perennial political football that is the construction industry will yet have much confidence that anything transformational is likely to be a widespread agreement that private funding in some form will be needed in a post austerity world, with the current Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid promising an ‘infrastructure revolution’ as an extra £13 billion or so is pumped into public services. But the signs for private finance in any form are not good.

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Transparency urged on Scottish private finance schemes

Greater transparency is needed over the Scottish Government’s use of private finance to pay for billions of pounds worth of public building projects, Audit Scotland has said.

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High Speed 2 over budget after risks underestimated

Government underestimated the complexity of High Speed 2 and failed to openly recognise the programme’s risks from the outset, leaving it behind schedule and over budget, an audit of the scheme’s progress has said.

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Danger of further cost increases on Carillion hospitals

Significant risks of further delays and added costs have been identified on two PFI hospital projects which liquidated contractor Carillion was building at the time of its collapse in January 2018.

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HSE to oversee new building safety regime

A new Building Safety Regulator will be established within the Health and Safety Executive, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced.

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Contracts manager jailed after roof fall death

A roofing contracts manager has been sentenced to two years in prison following an incident in which an employee fell through a fragile roof while working at a site in Rochdale and passed away.

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Labour peer introduces late payments legislation

A fresh private member’s bill which aims to tackle payment abuse in the construction sector has been introduced to the House of Lords by Labour Peer Lord Mendelsohn.

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Expert Witness register launched for structural specialists

The Institution of Structural Engineers has launched a new Expert Witness register containing details of its members who are qualified to give an opinion on specialist technical matters to a court.

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Poor contracting leads to rising costs on nuclear schemes

Failure by the Ministry of Defence to mitigate commercial and delivery risks early on in three critical infrastructure projects at nuclear regulated sites has led to programme delays and cost increases, the National Audit Office reports.

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