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Firms penalised after leisure centre fall

Three construction companies have been fined a combined total of over £500,000 after a subcontractor working on a leisure centre roof in Portsmouth fell into an office space below.

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News in Brief: May 2018

Traditional procurement methods remain the most popular within the construction industry, followed closely by Design and Build, according to the NBS National Construction Contracts and Law Report 2018.

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Second edition of BIM Protocol published

Current practices and standards regarding the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) are reflected in the second edition of the Construction Industry Council’s BIM Protocol, published in April.

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Bust firms fined for pipe crush fatality

Fines of £1m have been handed to both RK Civil Engineers and RK District Heating after a worker was crushed and killed by a falling heating pipe at the EON Renewable Energy Plant, Sheffield, in 2015.

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Directors jailed over contracts bribery

Two men have been jailed for bribery offences relating to the development of prime commercial property in London.

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Cladding safety proposals out to consultation

New rules designed to strengthen fire testing for cladding systems on residential buildings have been published for consultation by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government.

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Safestyle fined after worker falls from ladder

Double glazing company Safestyle UK has been fined £850,000 for breaching work at height regulations after an employee fell from a ladder and fractured his leg during a window installation in Doncaster.

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Government proposes fair payment action

Proposed new measures designed to ‘level the playing field’ for smaller businesses bidding to win Government contracts have been announced by the Cabinet Office.

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SSE wins compensation over Glendoe hydro dispute

Energy firm SSE Generation has won more than £100M in compensation from Hochtief following an appeal court ruling over the collapse of a tunnel at the Glendoe hydroelectric scheme.

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Court rules against Kier in claims deadline case

Kier must pay contractor RG Carter for remedial work the latter agreed to carry out on a school building that it had built in Lincolnshire, which suffered problems with water ingress. The High Court ruled in favour of RG Carter’s demand for £205,908 despite Kier’s argument that the claim was statute barred under the Limitations Act 1980.

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