Name that specialist

Our contracts monitor Michael Phipps, Principal of Thurston Consultants, casts his eye over the JCT’s new Named Specialist Update. Care needs to be taken with pre-printed forms relating to extensions of time or chaos will reign, he warns.

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Reports from the courts: May 2012

Our regular round up of the court decisions of most interest to construction from Will Buckby and Andrew Croft of Beale and Company includes a county court ruling on the difference between arranging for something to happen and ensuring that it does; and a London TCC decision not to deal with small value disputes.

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State of play table 170

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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SMEs and the new EU procurement directive

On 20 December 2011 the EU Commission (the Commission) published proposals for a revised EU procurement directive (the Directive) designed to simplify and improve the procurement process amongst EU member states.

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ECI and BIM – are they related?

Guest editor David Mosey of Trowers & Hamlins says early contractor involvement and Building Information Modelling are coming together in government thinking on reforming construction procurement. Standard form contracts have yet to wake up to the implications.

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Legal terms explained: Novation

Novation has become a fairly common feature of construction projects since the emergence of design and build contracting in the late 1970s. The purpose is to facilitate the transition of the employer’s design work by his own design consultants to become part of the contractor’s own responsibility.

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News in brief: May 2012

Contractor Costain has been fined £250,000 and ordered to pay £45,000 costs after pleading guilty to Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 breaches after a surveyor was killed by a reversing lorry during work to widen the M25 near Dartford.

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Architects shun council work

Architects are abandoning bidding for public sector contracts because the procurement process has become too complex, according to a study to be released shortly by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

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Major project planning changes

The government is consulting on changes to six guidance documents relating to the planning regime for major infrastructure projects.

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Crane register to be dropped

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is consulting on a proposed ‘culling’ of safety rules, including the proposed axing of the tower crane register.

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