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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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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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Building skills: Further education’s vital contribution to the construction sector

Contributor — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:24:37 +0000

Mozz Baker is an advanced practitioner in the department of construction at Walsall College Building a strong and sustainable pipeline of talent for the construction sector has never been more important. In the context of widespread skills shortages, rapidly evolving technology, and the climate crisis…

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No regulatory help in sight as suppliers shoulder the cost of firms’ failures

Colin Marrs — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:50:27 +0000

Less than a year ago, all appeared rosy for Henry Construction Projects. The fast-expanding contractor sat at number 41 in the 2022 CN100 after making a profit of £14m on a turnover of £400m in the year to 30 June 2021. However, for those keeping…

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The Procurement Bill: Navigating sanctions and supplier bans

Contributor — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:08:24 +0000

Felicity Zakers is an associate at law firm Browne Jacobson The government has recently announced further measures to protect national security by way of the Procurement Bill, which has reached the remaining report stages, with amendments being debated in Parliament this week. In addition to this…

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