Construction Law

Legal terms explained – Cost reimbursable contracts

4th February 2020

A cost reimbursable contract is one in which the Contractor is reimbursed the actual costs incurred in carrying out works, plus a fee to cover their overheads and profit. It is also known as a cost plus contract.

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Risks underestimated on High Speed 2

4th February 2020

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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HSE to oversee new building safety regime

4th February 2020

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

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Carillion hospitals in danger of further delays

4th February 2020

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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News in Brief – Jan/Feb 2020

4th February 2020

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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High speed vanity?

4th February 2020

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.

England and Wales High Court (Technology and Construction Court) Decisions: January 2020

24th February 20201st February 2020

Decisions of the Technology and Construction Court of the English and Wales High Court for January 2020.

Transparency urged on Scottish private finance schemes

5th February 202031st January 2020

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

24th January 2020

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Danger of further cost increases on Carillion hospitals

23rd January 202021st January 2020

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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