All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 22
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CommentMeet the productivity evangelists and their tribes
There are many ways to solve the productivity challenge and they need not be mutually exclusive, says RLB partner Paul Beeston
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NewsWinners named on £700m new build framework
Scheme will run for four years and cover social housing in Midlands and North
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NewsBuilding Safety Act slowing down economic recovery, Arcadis warns
Consultant says 2024 will be bottom of current cycle
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NewsHigh Court overturns Gove’s decision to reject M&S’s Oxford Street plans
Shock move follows last month’s appeal by retailer against last year’s landmark ruling
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CommentBuilding safety case reports explained
The requirement for principal accountable persons to prepare safety case reports under the BSA has now come into force. How can this best be done?
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NewsBids back within days for first phase of Tata’s £4bn Somerset battery factory
Winner on first phase of scheme due this spring
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NewsStanhope director to retire after 25 years at firm
Williams described as ”towering figure” by developer’s chief executive David Camp
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CommentHas MMC gone from an industry salvation to a pseudo solution?
Once touted as the answer to all our productivity woes, MMC increasingly looks like it may have been just another wacky idea with little chance of success in these uncertain times, writes Richard Steer
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CommentPlanning rules relaxed for wave of mini nuclear reactors
With small modular reactors – which can be built quickly offsite – seen as the future of nuclear, the government wants to simplify the relevant planning process
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NewsBrickability forecasts profit at ‘low end’ of expectations
UK market volumes for bricks significantly down in last year
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NewsProduct availability pressures ease as demand for materials falls
Red Sea disruption yet to have a material impact
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CommentProfessional liability may extend further than consultants think
A recent case clarifies what kinds of claims can be made against consultants if they fail in their duties, writes Theresa Mohammed
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NewsHeatherwick to transform BT Tower after £275m sale to US hotel chain
BT Group will take years to vacate iconic London landmark, which will be open to the public once work is complete
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CommentRuling means court-ordered alternative dispute resolution extends beyond construction contracts
The appeal court has ruled that parties in any kind of dispute – not just construction – can be court ordered to use alternative dispute resolutions (ADR), explains Tony Bingham
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NewsInflation falling but could still add more than £1.5bn to government’s spending bill, Currie & Brown warns
Consultant says cost spikes in UK heading south
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NewsDLUHC says it is working on ‘managed transition’ to new building control regime amid crisis fears
But government does not confirm backing for six-month postponement of deadline amid mounting concern about a collapse in building control services
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NewsBuilding control chief warns of chaos to council services if competence rules are enforced from April
LABC boss tells government new rules requiring inspectors to be registered and certified should be postponed for six months
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NewsConstruction output down as UK falls into recession
Infrastructure lobby says fall in new work is consequence of cuts
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NewsRevenue and profit up at BAM UK despite hit to construction business
Supply chain issues and cost overruns on a large job saw subsidiary fall into red