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Insurers expect rise in fraudulent claims as economic conditions continue to bite

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Construction insurance will experience increasing impacts from the accelerating spread of Artificial Intelligence technology across the industry, warns law firm RPC in its Annual Insurance Review. 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: December 2023

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Editor’s comment Evolution can disrupt more than revolution The new Procurement Act comes into force next year. The programme, called CRUX, is based on expert diagnosis of claims and disputes. Claims Building a case by extrapolation – should failure be the default?

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Construction Law: March 2024

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News Our regular news round up includes a call from insurance companies for pilot projects to find investment models for green infrastructure; failure of another legal challenge to the Stonehenge project; and a warning that the new Building Safety Regulator is looking for a high profile prosecution to make a point.

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Construction Law: October 2023

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Editor’s comment Procurement slammed in Edinburgh Tram inquiry report Editor Nick Barrett laments the ‘litany of failures’ identified in Lord Hardie’s report into the Edinburgh Tram fiasco. Lessons must obviously be learned for future procurements; but none of them are new.

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Virtue signallers beware

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The next thing you might be contacting your lawyer about could be your potentially over-inflated sustainability claims. Virtue signalling by ‘greenwashing’ could end up being more expensive than taking the measures you have wrongly claimed to.

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Subtle (and Not So Subtle) Effects of COVID-19 on the Construction Industry

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It is easier to be successful in your claim if it is well-documented. Material Procurement: The pandemic has slowed and shut down factories throughout the world. You must understand what you can and cannot recover under your contract, and make sure you document your claims well and make all timely submissions.

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CCIP & OCIP: A Guide to Controlled Insurance Programs in Construction

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Construction insurance can be confusing. Each contractor and party to the project has their own insurance, which may or may not be adequate to protect the work they’re performing. Learn more: What types of insurance do contractors need? Learn more: What types of insurance do contractors need? CCIP vs. OCIP insurance.