The Constructor

MAY 2, 2024

What is Best Practice in Construction Best practices in construction encompass the standard and meticulously planned approaches followed within the construction industry to ensure optimal outcomes and profitability. These practices may take the form of policies, procedures, or comprehensive systems implemented during specific periods. Over the past decade, the construction landscape has undergone significant changes, […] The post Best Practices in Construction appeared first on The Constru

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Transport Scotland will use new, in-house terms and conditions for the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project, part of the much delayed £3.7 billion A9 Dualling programme. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account.

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Civiconcepts

MAY 2, 2024

Money talks in civil engineering, just as it does in any other sector. When it whispers details of budgets and expenditures, you want clarity, not confusion.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Failure to properly address embodied carbon emissions in the government’s Future Homes Standard and Future Buildings Standard consultation could leave resulting legislation open to legal challenge, the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) has warned. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Network Rail is promising greater collaboration with contractors appointed to its £4 billion Train Control Systems Framework. A partnership type approach is to be adopted and there is a new way of selecting companies to be awarded work under the framework. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Where an employer engages an independent contractor to undertake work on its behalf, the employer will generally not be liable for any unauthorised torts committed by the independent contractor during the execution of its work. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have a subscription please log in to read the rest of the story.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Cheryl Ferguson of Dentons UK and Middle East LLP looks at a Scottish case that provides a cautionary tale on acceptance of amendments that rob the contractor of alternative routes of recourse. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have a subscription please log in to read the rest of the story.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Our insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates examines Joint Names Clauses which have been in use for over 40 years and were hoped to result in less litigation, but the industry still struggles to gain the benefits and court analysis of clauses themselves is common. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Paul-Raphael Shehadeh of Duane Morris analyses a dispute that will be of great interest to insolvency and international arbitration practitioners, that highlights the benefits of a negotiated dispute settlement. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have a subscription please log in to read the rest of the story.

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As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Doug Wass of Macfarlanes argues that the Construction Act has been working in so far as industry cash flow has been improved, but the principle that a payor must pay the payee the Notified Sum if the payor fails to issue a valid payment notice or pay less notice has given rise to some risks of injustice that the courts are still grappling with. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law.

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Construction Law

MAY 2, 2024

Isobel Moorhouse and Jane Hughes of Trowers & Hamlins LLP explain what a ‘Living Will’ is, and ask whether the concept be adapted by employers to apply to contractor insolvencies? This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have a subscription please log in to read the rest of the story.

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