Architects’ role not just design

The architect’s role involves more than just design of the works, as Sean Whitham of Herbert Smith Freehills explains. The architect’s role is also becoming more complex as the complexity of contractual relationships grows.

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Collaborating on constructing excellence

Shona Frame and Greg Sibbald of MacRoberts examine the JCT’s Constructing Excellence suite of contracts which has been produced to help promote collaborative ways of working. Contractual teeth may still be needed though, they warn.

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Dispute resolution in the UAE

James Foster of Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s Dubai office, outlines the different laws which can apply to contracts in the United Arab Emirates where work opportunities are drawing in international players once again. He considers the advantages of court proceedings over arbitration and discusses the difficulties in enforcing awards.

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BIM – the insurance implications

Government policy has sent the construction industry in fast pursuit of its latest holy grail, Building Information Modelling. Insurance expert John D Wright examines the insurance implications.

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HSE spot checks – what to do?

Anne Davies of Withers explains what companies can expect when they receive a surprise visit on a site from health and safety inspectors, and what to do if any breaches of the law are found.

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Setting aside an expert determination

In our latest alternative dispute resolution series article Christopher Leadbetter of Clyde & Co reports on a rare example of an expert determination being challenged in the courts.

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Tidal wave of work might overturn the boat

Contractor insolvency is a perennial problem in the construction industry and the topic generates a regular flow of articles for CL, such as one by Ebony Alleyne on p 17 of this issue. Many contractors may still be tendering at negative margins and could possibly be just one major dispute away from the brink, she warns.

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Contract management under fire

The capability of the civil service to procure and manage large scale commercial contracts has been challenged again, this time by a report from the government’s spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO).

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Project risk rising

Nobody in central government is responsible for overseeing major projects at a strategic whole-of-government level and the level of risk from projects going wrong is increasing, says the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in a report on the government’s Major Projects Authority (MPA).

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Arbitrations pass peak

The level of arbitrations heard at the London Court of International Arbitration has passed the level of the peak of the financial crisis in 2009.

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