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Andrew Mitchell is sustainability operations director at Mace Within the built environment we’ve become so accustomed to discussions about carbon reduction that it has almost become synonymous with sustainable building. While reducing carbon remains pivotal, contractors and businesses must also consider energy consumption as a cornerstone of their overall strategy.…

Matt Bloor is chief commercial officer of construction-procurement firm YardLink In 2015, a global McKinsey study revealed that almost every construction mega-project would typically overrun its budget by at least 30 per cent. Now, with inflation adding £23bn to annual UK construction output costs, and every sector feeling the pinch,…

I make no apology for addressing the topic of safety again. In February, we talked to victims of 2016’s Didcot disaster about their agonising wait for answers to the question – ‘what went wrong?’ Our feature discovers this case is far from unique. Data shows that the Health and Safety…

Gareth Parkes is head of data and analytics at Sir Robert McAlpine Construction has a long-established problem with data, and while the past few years have seen a marked improvement, we are still behind the times. “Data is a consistently undervalued cog in the construction machine” Industries such as manufacturing…

Laura Lintott is a counsel at law firm Watson Farley & Williams LLP The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Its history is a dynamic story, starting with the Judicature Act 1873, which shifted the English court system from a duality of common law…

Michelle Baker is associate director, social value lead at Atkins In January 2021, the UK government’s Public Procurement Note 06/20 (PPN06/20) came into force, and social value leapt up the agenda. In the two years since, there’s been real progress – yet we’re still seeing a misunderstanding of what social…

Stuart Wortley, partner at Eversheds Sutherland It is well known by most that signs signalling ‘Trespassers will be prosecuted’ are all bark and no bite when it comes to consequences (with some very limited exceptions), as trespass is not a criminal offence in England and Wales. So what steps can…

Caroline Evans is corporate strategy director at Arden University  The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) announced a couple of years ago that the construction sector was short of about a quarter of a million construction workers. More recently, a survey conducted by the Civil Engineering Contractors Association found that 75…

Stephanie Geesink, counsel, and Emma Thompson, associate, are both of Watson Farley & Williams LLP In the recent decision of JA Ball Ltd (in administration) v St Philips Homes (Courthaulds) Ltd, the Technology and Construction Court examined the primary issue of enforcing an adjudicator’s decision when a party is insolvent.…

Nick Pinder is a construction and engineering partner at Eversheds Sutherland The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) provides an effective way for building occupants to rectify building safety defects through Remediation Orders (RO) without paying additional costs. ROs can be applied for through the First-tier Tribunal (FtT). However, landlords will…