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Silvertown Tunnel procurement stalls after legal challenge

Transport for London has been forced to stall the procurement process for its £1Bn Silvertown Tunnel scheme in East London after the reserve bidder STC lodged a legal challenge.

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Three more directors disqualified for office fit out cartel

The Competition & Markets Authority has secured the disqualification of three more office fit out company directors after five firms were fined for illegal cartel behaviour earlier this year.

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Sector set for disruptive changes

Construction is an industry ripe for disruption and the pace of change is only likely to accelerate, writes guest editor Shona Frame of CMS in the latest edition of Construction Law, which arrives with subscribers this week.

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Firm handed £1m safety fine after ‘not guilty’ plea

Construction company Clancy Docwra has been fined £1m and one of its site supervisors given a suspended custodial sentence for health and safety breaches after a worker was struck by an excavator and killed.

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Framework launched to measure procurement performance

The National Infrastructure Commission has launched an analytical framework that provides a comprehensive tool for analysing the whole life performance of different procurement models.

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Build UK members improve payment performance

Contractor members of construction industry association Build UK are continuing to improve their payment performance according to the latest data submitted under the Duty to Report on Payment Practices and Performance.

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ACE publishes procurement guidance note

Advice to help engineering consultants and their clients identify best practice around the procurement process is included within a new guidance note released by the Association for Consultancy & Engineering.

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News in Brief – Aug/Sept 2019

Main contractors behind the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route are preparing to go to formal dispute resolution with Transport Scotland over a claim for additional payment, a trading statement from Galliford Try has revealed.

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MPs criticise slow progress on Grenfell reforms

Efforts to reform the building and fire safety regime and remove dangerous ACM cladding from existing buildings have been “far too slow” during the two years since the Grenfell Tower fire, say MPs.

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Aberdeen bypass contractors prepare for dispute resolution

Main contractors behind the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route are preparing to go to formal dispute resolution with Transport Scotland over a claim for additional payment, a trading statement from Galliford Try has revealed.

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