NEC4 suite of contracts launched

The new NEC4 suite of contracts was formally launched in June at the NEC Users’ Group Annual Seminar in London. NEC4 is an evolution of the successful NEC3 and has been designed based on feedback from users and industry as well as emerging best practice and government priorities.

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Five more defective schools found in Edinburgh

Building defects have been discovered at five further schools in Edinburgh, a city council representative has revealed to MSPs as part of an inquiry into the safety of school buildings in Scotland.

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News in Brief: July 2017

Dissertations amassed by the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College, London represent an ‘astonishing collection of expertise’ and efforts should turn to cataloguing each piece of work. This is the view of the Centre’s founding director Professor John Uff of Keating Chambers who delivered a presentation to the Centre’s 30th anniversary conference in June on the impact of three decades of construction law.

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Time to refocus on quality

The Scottish schools scandal has featured on the timetable at the Scottish Parliament whose Education Committee was hearing evidence as we went to press as part of its inquiry into how so many schools could have been so shoddily built (see News).

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Government urged to commit to major projects

Politicians must take decisive action to get key infrastructure projects including Heathrow’s third runway and Crossrail 2 moving, influential policy expert Lord Andrew Adonis has urged.

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Inquiry ordered after Grenfell Tower tragedy

Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire – where at least 79 people were killed – following concerns about the building’s design and construction.

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Successful first year for FAC-1

Construction Law’s latest edition – Vol 28 No 5 – will be arriving on subscribers’ desks this week, containing expert advice and comment from some of the sector’s foremost legal professionals as well as regular features and up to date news.

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Library of work needs cataloguing, says Professor John Uff

Dissertations amassed by the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College, London represent an “astonishing collection of expertise” and efforts should turn to cataloguing each and every piece of work. This is the view of the Centre’s founding director Professor John Uff of Keating Chambers who delivered a presentation to the Centre’s 30th anniversary conference on 2 June on the impact of three decades of construction law.

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Interim agreement reached over Hinkley Point C bonus dispute

Discussions between employers at Hinkley Point C and trade union Unite have resulted in an interim agreement over the payment of bonuses during the construction of the nuclear power station.

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