Clients get new safety focus

Health and safety is a perennial problem in the construction industry, but one that the industry’s leading players have been giving serious attention to.

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TCC court guide revised

A new revision to the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) guide has been published by the Ministry of Justice, the third revision to the second edition.

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Infrastructure Conditions revised

The ICC Development Forum has issued an updated version of the Infrastructure Conditions of Contract (ICC) main contract for consultation.

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Scottish government pushes arbitration centre

Disputes over new Scottish Government contracts are to be referred to the Scottish Arbitration Centre (SAC), ministers have announced.

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News in brief: June 2014

The Health and Safety Executive Construction Division’s Plan of Work for 2014–15 says occupational disease and ill health will be key priorities.

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Legal terms explained: Consequential loss

Some construction and engineering contracts, including FIDIC or LOGIC forms, may contain provisions precluding the recovery of consequential loss which has been caused by an actionable breach of contract, so as to limit the liability of the party who has committed that breach.

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Dark clouds over Panama

Guest editor Claire Tomlinson of Weightmans warns that even well drafted contracts might not always offer protection when the chips are really down on a major project where much is at stake, as the Panama Canal extension dispute highlights.

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State of play table 191

This table, prepared by Clyde & Co, provides a regularly amended guide to new and proposed legislation that will affect the construction industry. In addition to EU Directives and UK legislation, the table includes notes highlighting discussion papers issued by both government and non-government organisations, and commentary on the latest developments.

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PAS1192-3 – The use of Building Information Modelling

On 2 April 2014, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills introduced PAS1192-3, detailing the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the operational phase of a project.

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Reports from the courts: June 2014

Will Buckby and Jennifer Webb of Beale and Company analyse recent court decisions of most relevance to construction, including an appeal court ruling that shows that net contribution clauses will be upheld even in the event of the insolvency of one of the other parties.

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