Mystery shopper complains

The Cabinet Office says its ‘mystery shopper’ exercise has revealed a depth of disquiet among businesses concerning the procurement processes used by public sector bodies.

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No safety from fees

Construction sites are being targeted disproportionately by the Health and Safety Executive under its new Fee Intervention Scheme.

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News in Brief: January 2013

The National Audit Office (NAO) has warned in a report on the National Infrastructure Plan that offering state guarantees on privately financed infrastructure contracts could result in substantial losses to the taxpayer.

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PFI focus on risk

The construction sector still languishes in the depths of recession, but a need for as much as £400,000 million of new infrastructure projects to get started by 2020 suggests that this situation shouldn’t last too much longer.

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Legal terms explained: Implied terms

When a contract does not contain a term which a party needs to effectively manage the contract, they often turn to implied terms. Such terms can also derive from statute where legislation provides for terms to be implied into contracts even if not expressly set out in them.

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Comment: Procurement off the rails

A full report of an independent inquiry into the InterCity West Coast (ICWC) franchise fiasco was to be published shortly after we went to press, but even a cursory read of the interim report from the inquiry led by Centrica chief executive Sam Laidlaw reveals that the scale of the public sector’s procurement problems is vast.

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BIM savings may cover costs

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) says savings of £800,000 are being achieved on a Building Information Modelling (BIM) trial project, one of four trials announced earlier this year.

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New form for schools

The Education Department (DoE) has issued a draft Standard Form Project Agreement for use on its Priority School Building Programme (PSBP), introducing the prospect of equity gain share on the privately financed element of the programme.

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Safety fines rising

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics show that construction remains the most dangerous industry to work in with 49 fatal accidents in the year to March 2012.

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News in brief: December 2012

Construction Minister Michael Fallon has warned main contractors that they will be ‘named and shamed’ if they do not sign up to the government’s Prompt Payment Code.

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