Construction Law

AUGUST 3, 2021

It would be hard to find evidence of anything good that came out of the collapse of Carillion; it was in fact an unmitigated disaster that will resonate deeply within the construction industry for years to come, and around which legal actions are still in the offing. Nick Barrett.

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Procurement Contract Office Commercial 52

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 11, 2020

83,000 lost jobs in 2nd quarter 2020 (Office of National Statistics). via Four BT, LLC – Four BT, LLC provides innovative integrated project delivery solutions inclusive of detailed locally researched construction cost data, and enabling SAAS technology.

Employment 149

Employment Statistics Construction Procurement 149

Lets Build

JULY 25, 2017

We all know the boring offices that are plain, simple and doesn’t try to lift the spirits of the workers at all. At GenieBelt, we have done some research on interesting and cool offices around the world that you can take a look at, and maybe get inspired for your own office. Do you know more cool offices or buildings?

Office 167

Office Airports Green Architecture 167

Construction Enquirer

MAY 31, 2023

National Grid Electricity Transmission has fired the starting gun on what will be one of the biggest tender races this year for the construction industry. Opting for a collaborative procurement model, The Great Grid Upgrade Partnership will be split into two major lots: covering consultancy and construction works.

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Modeling Construction Procurement Consulting 128

ProcurementExpress.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Construction teams face unique procurement challenges due to the complex nature of the business. As technology changes the game, procurement is becoming a strategic juggling act. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning.

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Construction Law

JUNE 3, 2024

Guest editor Insolvency in construction: the ‘bounce back’? Guest Editor Daniel Warren of DLA Piper UK LLP questions whether recent improvements in the economy are reflected in construction’s fortunes. Lawrence Winsor of Vinson & Elkins’ New York office says project financing is increasing in complexity as well.

Insurance 52

Insurance Construction Legal Drafting 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 9, 2023

Innovation is vital to drive the construction industry forward. As Chief Innovation Officer at Windover Construction, Amr leverages technology to optimize global project delivery. As Chief Innovation Officer at Windover Construction, Amr leverages technology to optimize global project delivery.

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ProcurementExpress.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Construction teams face unique procurement challenges due to the complex nature of the business. As technology changes the game, procurement is becoming a strategic juggling act. With that in mind, we’ll look at three of the biggest challenges that construction teams deal with and how they affect procurement planning.

Procurement 52

Procurement Plans Construction Budgeting 52

Construction Law

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The UK’s poor procurement practices are highlighted yet again by the news that the £19bn Crossrail project can’t be completed with the money available to the project. Another chapter in the long history of analysing why the UK’s procurement practices are so poor has just been produced by the National Audit Office (see News).

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Procurement Estimating Schedule News 52

Construction Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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. The construction industry earned well deserved plaudits for making the Nightingale Hospitals available in a timely fashion.

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Construction Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has raided three residences and made four arrests in Merseyside and Greater Manchester as it announced it is investigating Signature Group, a collapsed business that attracted over a thousand UK and international investors in the redevelopment of iconic landmarks. See the panel to the right.

Office 52

Office Accounting News Site 52

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 20, 2023

A credible construction cost estimate is required prior to engaging in procurement. The follow elements are common to a credible construction cost estimate. Credible Cost Estimate Core Elements #1 Objectivity – The information used and those invovled in the creation of the construction cost estimate must be objective.

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Estimating CSI Life Cycle Construction 218

Construction Enquirer

JUNE 16, 2023

The Government has blocked an attempt to amend the planned Procurement Bill to include mandatory project bank accounts for all jobs valued at over £2m. “Government Departments have made a commitment to use PBAs in construction projects unless there are compelling reasons not to do so. ” . ”

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Banking Accounting Procurement Contract 115

Carol Hagen

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Construction Technology has managed to move faster in the last 5 years than in the past 100 with innovation in Operations, communications and collaboration leading the way. This pace will continue as construction project managers find the tools they learned about in college are replaced within 10 years of graduation.

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Office Viewpoint Construction Software 129

Construction Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Editor’s comment Whitehall governance problem at heart of procurement inadequacies? Editor Nick Barrett asks how long the UK can get away with the governance problem said by the head of the National Audit Office to be embedded at the heart of Whitehall when it comes to managing large scale procurements.

Construction 52

Construction Insurance Procurement Drafting 52

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price. Army Job Order Contracts fail to meet critical AFARS requirements most of the time. 5117.9001 Definitions.

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Construction Business Owner

JULY 1, 2020

The construction industry is rapidly transforming. According to a survey by 1 Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and FMI Corporation, 58% of construction professionals expect to see more technology-driven change within the next 5 years than there has been in the last 50 years. Navigating the Procurement Process.

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Bidding Software Software Procurement 296

Construction Law

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The government’s bid to “transform public procurement” in the UK has now reached the statute books, with the Procurement Act 2023 receiving Royal Assent on 26 October. The relevant Green Paper – Transforming Public Procurement – was published three years ago so the Cabinet Office should be up to speed on the secondary legislation.

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Procurement Contract Discrimination Office 40

BD+C

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group Design veterans Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new sustainability initiative for Suffolk. rcassidy Thu, 12/14/2023 - 11:07 SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION Steven Burke and Michael Swenson will lead the new initiative for Suffolk.

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Sustainability Life Cycle Commissioning Construction 105

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

filed a protest with the contracting officer asserting that Sanford was not a small business because it received significant contract awards between 2019 and 2023, which, when averaged, exceeded the procurement’s applicable size standard. The contracting officer forwarded the protest to the cognizant SBA Area Office (Area Office).

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Construction Enquirer

MAY 2, 2023

Procurement provider Pagabo has revealed the 93 suppliers appointed to its £1bn refit and refurbishment framework which goes live today. We’re very much looking forward to seeing the first procurements come through the framework, and to see the difference all these suppliers will be able to make for clients and communities around the UK.”

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Procurement Contract Nevada Contractors 80

Construction Law

JANUARY 19, 2024

The need for better practice in delivering major projects, more efficient maintenance and improvement of assets and more professional procurement have been highlighted by the head of government spending watchdog the National Audit Office in his annual address to Parliament. See the panel to the right.

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Procurement Accounting News Site 40

Construction Enquirer

APRIL 25, 2023

Procurement body Pagabo has issued a prior information notice (PIN) for the renewal of one of its biggest construction frameworks. “The current version of the framework is valued at £500m and has already delivered 826 procurements for clients across the UK – and we expect this to grow even further with the renewal.

Bidding 75

Bidding Consulting Procurement Deals 75

Construction Enquirer

AUGUST 4, 2023

Construction buyers reported a return to industry growth in July as a rise in commercial work saw output hit its highest level in five months. The bellwether S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index posted 51.7 in July – up from 48.9 Robust increases in commercial building (index at 54.4)

Commercial 67

Commercial Construction Housing Residential 67

Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“The heart of every construction project is collaboration,” said Jim Lynch, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Autodesk Construction Solutions in last week’s Construction Session at Autodesk University. . We’re excited to share some of the latest integrations and updates for Autodesk Construction Cloud. .

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Autodesk Construction BIM Documentation 98

Lets Build

MAY 11, 2020

The construction industry, along with all other sectors in the world, will never be the same because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of the ways the novel coronavirus crisis will reshape construction. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many construction business owners were reluctant to adopt a flexible work arrangement.

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Industrial Construction Conference Compensation 178

Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. Best value procurement. Owner technical and procurement staff is supplemented. Both the owner and the JOC contractor benefit from these efficiencies.

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Construction Enquirer

JUNE 5, 2023

Building service contractor NG Bailey has appointed Sellafield chief executive officer Martin Chown as a non-executive board director. Prior to that, he held senior executive roles with Balfour Beatty as procurement and supply chain director and was prior to that procurement chief at GSK.

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Procurement Electrical Modeling Office 71

Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 1, 2022

In construction, data flow across project teams and phases is essential to meeting key milestones and tracking performance metrics.?But But connecting data can be a hurdle on jobsites, particularly when coordinating construction resource management and Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) , which require ample planning and collaboration. ? .

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Autodesk Construction Procurement Modeling 96

Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 12, 2022

The construction industry has seen impressive growth over the last several decades, and with that growth has come major opportunities for those who want to take advantage of them. Being a jack of all trades is something that Nate Schuetz, Construction Manager at Saltbox , knows something about. It happened by chance.

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Management Construction Software Software 97

Fieldwire

MAY 16, 2022

Construction hasn’t always been the most technologically advanced industry, but recent years have shown that technology has been beneficial in nearly every aspect of it. From safety training and accident prevention to AR building assistance, technology does indeed belong on the drafting table and the construction site alike.

Industrial 98

Industrial Accidents Construction Safety 98

Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Entities/people involved in a JOC Program at a Project or Task Order levels include: client/building user, project managers, awarded JOC contractor, contracting officer/contracting officer representative, others as required. Only the contracting officer can negotiate/approve non pre-priced item(s) in the task order.

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Negotiation Contract Office Contractors 151

Job Order Contracting

MARCH 12, 2018

LEAN School Maintenance Operations Construction is easily attainable with capable leadership and the implementation of best management practices. Based upon the amount of construction dollars spent annually upon repair, renovation, and minor new construction, there are three ways that JOC services are typically provided.

Construction 100

Construction Renovating Consulting CSI 100

Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 8, 2023

Held in Mumbai on May 11-12, this second-year conference brought together the major construction stakeholders involved in the entire construction cycle of a project. This aligned with the theme of the conference to assist with adopting solutions required to connect the office and the field. Methodologies was third.

Construction 52

Construction Conference Procurement Industrial 52

Construction Enquirer

JULY 9, 2023

Ashe Construction has been awarded a £24m design and build contract to for a new primary school and community health hub for Milton Keynes Council. The 3400sq m school will have 21 classrooms and two halls and will be of steel frame construction with brickwork and cladding. Both projects will have drop-off and car-parking facilities.

Deals 84

Deals Feasibility Infrastructure Procurement 84

Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 16, 2022

Autodesk was recently the headline sponsor at the Future of Construction Summit 2022 (“FCON22”) in Sydney from May 4-5. The panel set out to explore the realities of implementing ESG initiatives to achieve a net zero future for construction, including challenges and opportunities within organisations and supply chains.

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Autodesk Sustainability Procurement Construction 52

Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

BEST VALUE CONSTRUCTION. West Point managed to accomplish the following: Minimized the response time for facility construction. Reduced construction costs. 1999, Journal of Construction Education, Development of the Job Order Contracting (JOC) Process for the 21st Century, Dean T. The History of Job Order Contracting.

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