New projects authority

Infrastructure UK (IUK) and the Major Projects Authority (MPA) are to merge to form the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), bringing the government’s major project expertise under one body for the first time.

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Turnover to guide safety fines

Turnover of companies accused of health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences will be taken into account by courts under new ‘definitive guidelines’ for sentencing from the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.

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Unfair definition needed

The problems of late payment and unfair contract terms and practices are felt as painfully in construction as in any other industry, perhaps more so; no other industry has yet had to have its contracts governed by legislation as construction does under the Construction Act, or had adjudication imposed on it in a bid to unfreeze a large proportion of the industry’s cash flow.

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Limitation in the context of adjudication

The latest in our alternative dispute resolution series, from Lois Putnam and Nora Zaragoza Valero of Clyde & Co, examines limitations to the ability to refer a dispute to adjudication ‘at any time’.

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Public sector payment practices fall short

Sarah Greatorex, Executive Secretary of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group, describes the findings of recent surveys designed to uncover the scale of payment practice and other procurement abuses among non-central government public bodies in the UK.

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Asbestos problems continue

Insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates examines the insurance industry response to asbestos. Its historic use is still killing more people in the UK than any other country.

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Appointing a principal designer

Julie Teal and Suriya Edwards of Withers explain the changes ushered in by the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations which are now in force. Many smaller contractors and consultants still do not understand their new responsibilities, they warn.

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Tools to resolve disputes

In the final article of their three part ‘toolbox’ series on disputes avoidance and management Kathryn Coyne and James Pickavance of Eversheds focus on dispute resolution.

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Incentives control costs

Engineering Procurement Construction and Management (EPCM) contracts are increasingly popular on large and complex projects. Cecily Davis of Fieldfisher examines how incentives are used on them to control costs.

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Whose loss is it anyway?

Gordon Anderson and Michael Mendelblat of Herbert Smith Freehills describe the ways that no loss arguments can be deployed in disputes. Don’t rely entirely on the courts’ desire to stop contract breakers escaping liability, they warn.

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