Cabinet Office launches ‘playbook’ to improve outsourcing

Changes to the way government allocates risk between itself and its suppliers have been announced by the Cabinet Office, which published an ‘Outsourcing Playbook’ in February to improve how it works with industry.

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Large fine follows fatal fall at Ealing site

Two construction firms have been ordered to pay a combined total of almost £1m after a worker fell to his death when a temporary platform collapsed at a housing development in Ealing.

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News in Brief: March 2019

Standardised payment terms and project bank accounts have been embedded within a major government construction framework worth up to £30bn over seven years, with contractors now being invited to bid for places.

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Playing at reform?

Government is introducing new measures that it says will reform how it procures public services in the wake of the Carillion collapse, with a new focus on ensuring appropriate risk allocation and increased visibility on spending plans.

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Work at height review urged by all party group

Members of Parliament have called for a major review of work at height culture following a year long inquiry to investigate why falls happen and how to reduce these incidents.

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Fine issued after death during Aberdeen bridge construction

Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering has been fined £600,000 after a worker was fatally injured on a project to construct the Third Don Crossing in Aberdeen, which completed in 2016.

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Major construction framework promotes prompt payment

Standardised payment terms and project bank accounts have been embedded within a major government construction framework worth up to £30Bn over seven years, with contractors now being invited to bid for places.

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Adjudication and the Construction Act: Ripe for reform?

Naithan McBride of DLA Piper considers how adjudication and the Construction Act are working in the latest edition of Construction Law, which published this week.

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