The Design and Build element of the JCT 2024 suite of contracts was unveiled in April – but do lawyers think it represents meaningful change? It’s been eight years since the construction industry saw the launch of the previous suite of Joint Contract Tribunal (JCT) documents. At that point, events…
A roofing firm in Manchester has been fined £20,000 after an employee fractured his back falling through a roof during a repair job, the health and safety watchdog has said. The Hightech Roofing N/W Limited worker fell about 4.8 metres through a roof light during the incident in Blackburn on…
A Hartlepool-based contractor has ceased trading and applied to enter administration. Wearside Contractors Limited director Anthony Fallow filed a notice of intention last Friday (10 May) to appoint an administrator for the company. Fallow confirmed to Construction News this morning that the business had ceased trading. He added that negotiations…
Construction output fell in March for the second consecutive month, according to the latest official figures. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), released this morning, shows a 0.4 per cent fall in productivity across the sector, following a 1.9 per cent drop in February. “Anecdotal evidence received from…
Bam COO John Wilkinson talks to CN about how the firm is set to capitalise on the government’s recently announced £775bn infrastructure pipeline The government’s long-awaited February publication of a pipeline of UK infrastructure projects included £775bn of planned investment up to 2032/33, with the energy sector expected to receive…
“Pain/gain” clauses to spread construction risk between clients, contractors and the supply chain will be included in the JCT’s forthcoming target cost contract. A member of the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) drafting subcommittee has lifted the veil on the Target Cost Contract (TCC 2024) document before its official full release…
Stevenage-based main contractor ARJ Construction Ltd has filed a notice of intention to enter administration. The firm was established in 1991 and focuses on projects worth £10m to £60m, particularly in South East England. Its most recent accounts filed with Companies House, covering the 12 months to 30 April 2023,…
The consortium digging out the box for HS2’s Old Oak Common station is operating on a grand scale Client: HS2 Ltd Contract value: £1.67bn (entire station) Contract type: NEC Main contractor: Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra JV Suppliers: Select (tower crane), Expanded (excavation plan). Structural engineering design: WSP Concrete frame/substructure: Expanded…
Geoffrey Osborne Ltd has called in administrators from RSM Restructuring Advisory. Around 100 staff have been made redundant with immediate effect, the firm said in a statement. “A small number of staff will be retained to assist the administrators and continue discussion with possible investor partners with a view to…
Staff at Crane Building Services & Utilities (BS&U) in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, are holding a strike ballot over pay. The ballot opened on Thursday (18 April) among 105 workers – or 78 per cent of the firm’s 151 employees – and will close on 2 May, according to trade union GMB.…
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