Construction and lawyers face same wave of change

The Financial Times held its first Future of Construction Summit in May, a well-attended event at ICE headquarters in Great George Street. The sub-heading was ‘Driving productivity through disruptive innovation and collaboration’, areas where the industry is widely agreed to be lagging.

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Contractor fined after man drowned at Fife site

A building contractor has been fined after an elderly man walked onto a construction site in Fife and fell into a flooded trench, where he drowned.

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JCT launches latest complete edition of contracts

The Joint Contracts Tribunal has launched its JCT Contracts 2016 Complete Edition (Volumes 4-6), which is now available to pre-order for despatch at the end of June.

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Conservatives pledge action on prompt payment

Big contractors will lose the right to bid for Government contracts if they fail to pay their suppliers on time, the Conservative Party has pledged in its election manifesto, published this week.

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Firm handed £750,000 fine for asbestos failings

A construction company has been fined three quarters of a million pounds after repeatedly failing to protect its workers from exposure to asbestos at a building site in Ashford, Kent.

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Late payments harm SME growth potential

Growth prospects of construction SMEs are being stalled due to late payments according to new research commissioned by Crossflow Payments.

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Health and safety fines double in construction sector

Construction ranks as the UK’s most costly sector for health and safety offences, racking up a total bill of almost £14M throughout 2016 according to research by law firm BLM. This represents more than double the figure for 2015 when health and safety fines amounted to £6.6M.

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Company sentenced after worker trapped in trench

Fife based construction company Wallace Roofing and Building Ltd has been fined after one of its employees had to be dug out of a trench that collapsed onto him in 2011.

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Howard Kennedy strengthens construction team

Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its position within the construction sector after welcoming former Partner James Stewart back to the organisation to lead its Construction Practice.

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