Professional appointments in construction are the cornerstone of any successful project. When appointing consultants, it is essential to understand the roles and responsibilities of each professional involved. Professional appointments are the contracts between the client and the consultant, which…. Continue Reading Professional Appointments in Construction
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) last week revealed that consumer price inflation had hit 9 per cent in the year to April, while the Bank of England warned the cost of living was expected to rise further this year. Climbing prices are nothing new to the construction industry. Bills for building materials rose in 11 of the 12 months of 2021…. Continue Reading 5 Unexpected Ways Inflation Could Affect Construction
This article provides a summary of the outcome of a review and evaluation of the Professional Negligence Adjudication Scheme (the scheme) pilot, which concluded in November 2017 and was subsequently approved by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee in 2018. Paragraph 6(i) of the protocol…. Continue Reading Assessing the Adjudication Pilot
Construction Insurance has never felt cheap to companies in the sector, although many or most of them never took the sort of risk management measures highlighted in our regular insurance articles, so to a large extent often had only themselves to blame if they were paying higher premiums than….. Continue Reading Construction Insurance Threat To UK’s Future
The original version of this article was first published in Construction Law by Nick Barrett
Much, if not all, of 2021 will be spent dealing with the fall out of the Covid-19 pandemic, and hopefully learning from the way the UK mobilised its central government procurement systems to combat it…. Continue Reading Covid Procurement Highlights Need For Reform
For those participants in the Construction Industry who have been living in a cave for the last 20 years, it may come as a surprise that legislation which took effect in 1998 and 2011 introduced a new payment regime with concepts such as “withholding notices” and “payless notices”. The regime imposed stringent obligations…. Continue Reading FAREWELL TO THE “SMASH AND GRAB”
