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Whitehall governance problem at heart of procurement inadequacies?

Construction Law

Resilience has become a bit of a buzz word around infrastructure over the past few years. Climate change is placing new strains on infrastructure like drainage and sewerage systems as they struggle to cope with the heavier rainfalls that global warming seems to be bringing. Public procurement in the UK is a mess.

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Define Construction Procurement

Job Order Contracting

Define Construction Procurement. Define Construction Procurement… It’s easy to define construction procurement right? Improper construction procurement methods and a relative lack of competency on the part of procurement staff have greatly contributed to poor construction outcomes. Perhaps not.

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Combatting climate change could also boost procurement skills

Construction Law

The government says it has so far mobilised £26 billion of capital investment for the green industrial revolution which, along with regulations, will support up to 190,000 jobs by 2025, and up to 440,000 jobs by 2030, and leverage up to £90 billion of private investment by 2030. There will be a lot to oversee. Nick Barrett.

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ANZ Infrastructure Industry Well-Positioned to Meet 2030 Benchmarks and Achieve Net Zero by 2050

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In a first-time collaboration Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK), Australian Constructors Association , Consult Australia and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council have released a joint report to support industry in accelerating a net zero future through the design and construction of the infrastructure pipeline. . degrees. .

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Early estimates only part of the procurement problem

Construction Law

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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6 Ways the COVID-19 crisis will reshape the construction industry

Lets Build

The construction industry, along with all other sectors in the world, will never be the same because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of industries have adopted remote work arrangements for the past few years already. Companies preferred the traditional office work arrangement for those not working on the field.

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£9.3bn race starts for National Grid construction partners

Construction Enquirer

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. The power distributor is planning to shake-up its delivery model for infrastructure in what will be its largest investment programme in generations.

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