Day: July 29, 2022

The newly published ‘RIBA Construction Contracts and Law Report 2022’ has revealed that JCT (Joint Contracts Tribunal) continues to be the most widely used standard form contract provider in the UK construction industry. Nearly 60% of respondents to the survey indicated JCT contracts were the forms...

Balfour Beatty and Steps to Hope representatives at the University of Edinburgh.Balfour Beatty employees in Scotland teamed up with addiction and homelessness charity, Steps for Hope, to raise more than £140,000 to support people in need in Edinburgh. The most recent fundraising initiative, supported by...

Construction safety and efficiency across London is set to significantly improve following the completion of a pilot project to digitise the underground electricity cables and gas pipelines. The pilot, undertaken by Energy Assets Networks (EAN) with grant funding from the Government’s Geospatial Commission, in partnership with...

Timber Development UK (TDUK) and the Wood Protection Association (WPA) have signed a new Affiliation Agreement paving the way for further consolidation of the timber industry. The TDUK was formed from a merger between the Timber Trade Federation (TFF) and The Timber Research and Development...

The Government's Building Safety Fund has been reopened for new applications. The online Leaseholder Protections Checker will help leaseholders understand if they qualify for financial protections under the Building Safety Act, whilst new legislation means leaseholders can prove legally for the first time that they are...

- TfL Commissioner Andy Byford and HS2 Ltd CEO Mark Thurston tour the 90m tunnelWith work continuing at Euston Station to create space for the new HS2 station, HS2’s station contractor, Mace Dragados JV (MDjv), has excavated a new, 20m-deep ‘box’ that will be home...