In this edition:
- Court of Appeal says architect who left the door unlocked owes duty of care
- Expert determination “final and binding” – does it mean what it says?
- Failure to consider a liquidated damages defence – can the rest of the adjudicator’s decision be enforced?
- Government seeks residential developer commitments on cladding cash, remediation and historic fire safety data, by March
- Government announces further measures on building safety
- New collaborative procurement guidance for design and construction to support building safety
- Government to block companies with track record of poor delivery from winning public contracts
- 15 June 2022 start for Building Regs CO2 reductions for new buildings
- Action PPN 10/21: New threshold values and inclusion of VAT in contract estimates
- FIDIC Green Book 2nd edition: 2021
- New Homes Quality Code published
- Public sector construction frameworks review – setting the ‘Gold Standard’
- Infrastructure for charging electric vehicles: Approved Document S
- RICS to consider impact of government plan to deal with unsafe cladding
- BSI publishes PAS 9980:2022
