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Smash-and-grabs in 2023 – pay now, argue later

Contributor — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:45:19 +0000

Mark Christie is a senior associate in the construction team at Clarke Willmott LLP Rulings by the Technology and Construction Court (TTC) in the past few years show the court is prepared to act to ensure that the “notified sum” regime is protected. A “smash-and-grab”…

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Burgernomics, beans and boxer shorts

Contributor — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:29:28 +0000

Graham Harle is chief executive of Gleeds Worldwide I was recently reminded of a column I wrote for Construction News back in 2019, in which I suggested that sales of lipsticks and underpants could offer useful insights into the health of the UK economy. I…

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Avoiding delay: complying with the new regime for higher-risk buildings

Contributor — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:50:12 +0000

By partner Alexandra Gower, associate director Matt Kyle and senior knowledge lawyer Tessa Garner at Osborne Clarke The government's much-awaited response to the consultation on the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings (HRBs) under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) has landed, along with…

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Too much work, not enough workers

Colin Marrs — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:09:40 +0000

In the quarter before Covid hit the UK economy, there were 27,000 vacancies in the construction sector. That figure was almost 4 per cent higher than in October 2016, when Mark Farmer released his landmark report on the industry’s labour model, which warned of a…

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Risk mitigation in a volatile price market

Contributor — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 11:51:22 +0000

Jennifer Varley is a senior associate at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP The construction industry will continue to face rising material prices, volatile markets and inflation. Disputes go hand in hand with rising prices as projects become much more difficult to complete on time and…

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Bridging the skills gap via further education

Ben Vogel — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:46:06 +0000

The further education (FE) sector has a role to play in addressing the retrofit skills shortage. But as MidKent College curriculum director Jane Le Poidevin (pictured) says: “The retrofit landscape is so challenging. I think the sector’s a long way from meeting some of its…

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Construction Leadership Council: waste of space or force for change?

Contributor — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 06:00:57 +0000

Rudi Klein is a barrister and former chief executive of the Specialist Engineering Contractors' Group Ten years after the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) was formed, it’s yet to hit any of its original targets – and it looks unlikely to get anywhere near them by…

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The time (limits) they are a-changin’

Contributor — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:23:02 +0000

Eric Johnstone is a senior associate at Brodies LLP Solicitors Of course, Bob Dylan wasn’t referring to limitation periods in his 1964 hit, but the title of the song very much reflects the position in the construction industry following the Building Safety Act (BSA) and the…

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Everything contractors need to know about looming R&D tax credit reforms

CN Staff — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:17:18 +0000

Will imminent reforms boost or hinder take-up among construction firms of HMRC’s research and development tax credits scheme? David Prosser investigates Will construction companies miss out on valuable incentives designed to encourage innovation under a shake-up of the research and development (R&D) tax credits scheme?…

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Mace CEO: ‘Govt more interested in small boats than homes’

Will Ing — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 06:00:30 +0000

Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds has accused the government of being “more interested in small boats than homes for people”. Reynolds, who is co-chair of the government-sponsored Construction Leadership Council alongside business minister Nusrat Ghani, said “the government has lost its love for construction”. In…

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