CIC publishes second Essential Principles Guide for clients, developers and contractors

The Construction Industry Council’s (CIC) first Essential Principles Guide set out six key principles to help all built environment professionals create and deliver an accessible and inclusive built environment. It was produced following the success of the Olympic Park, which set a benchmark for quality of inclusion.

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Legal terms explained: The prevention principle (revisited)

Most construction contracts require the contractor to complete the works by a specific completion date (or within a specific period of time), failing which the contractor becomes liable to the employer for liquidated damages.

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News in Brief: November 2018

Over half of UK legal services firms say they are ‘not well prepared’ to counter threats related to a No Deal Brexit, according to a study by Thomson Reuters, Oxford Economics and the Law Society of England and Wales.

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New initiative must not be old wine in new bottles

Chancellor Philip Hammond has surprised few with his Budget announcement that the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is to be no more – the share prices of contractors and infrastructure funds were untouched by the news.

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NEC4 practice note released on modular construction

NEC has issued a free practice note explaining how the NEC4 suite of contracts can be used to support the use of offsite modular construction.

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Legal services sector pessimistic on Brexit impacts

Over half of UK legal services firms say they are ‘not well prepared’ to counter threats related to a possible No Deal Brexit, according to a new report.

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Authorities failing to spend infrastructure levy

Councils have been holding back money collected from property developers which was intended to fund local infrastructure improvements, new research reveals.

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Interim contract binding on liability, rules appeal court

The Court of Appeal has overturned a TCC decision which could have cost consultant Arcadis millions of pounds in claims.

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NAO calls for more transparency over project outcomes

Monitoring of the Government’s biggest and riskiest infrastructure projects has improved, but more transparency is needed about the benefits delivered to ensure value for taxpayers, says a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO).

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