It is vital that firms start talking within their supply chains to mitigate against the risks of a no-deal Brexit, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has warned.
On Monday more than 100 businesses, including Mace, Vinci and Skanska, along with representative groups and civil servants gathered at a summit, to discuss…
The decision to award a Balfour Beatty joint venture the £500m contract to build an energy-from-waste plant in Gloucestershire is facing a legal challenge.
A community group opposed to the project says it filed papers at the High Court last week alleging that Gloucester County Council’s deal with the Urbaser /…
A company director has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for the sale of a paint stripper and a plant protection product containing prohibited substances.
In August 2014, a complaint was made to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that Abel (UK) Ltd was selling a plant protection product containing…
HS2 considered adding a company to its £2.75bn rolling stock shortlist in a bid to resolve a High Court claim, documents from a legal challenge against the client’s procurement processes have alleged.
Papers lodged at the High Court by rolling stock bidder Talgo claim that HS2 Ltd wrote to bidders in…
West Sussex County Council will re-tender a 10-year highways maintenance contract awarded to Ringway following a High Court challenge by rival bidder Amey.
The council confirmed to Construction News that it had abandoned the existing deal, having awarded it to Ringway in February. Ringway won the contract after scoring 85.48 in…
The High Court has rejected a legal challenge from heritage campaigners trying to block Sellar Property Group’s £775m Paddington Cube development.
CN sister title Architects’ Journal has reported that campaign group Save Britain’s Heritage has failed in its bid for a full judicial review of the decision by communities secretary Sajid Javid not to…
Mace has decided against launching a High Court challenge over the award of the £170m development partner contract for HS2’s second phase despite claiming it was a “flawed process”, Construction News can reveal.
The contractor said it “took comfort” from the fact HS2 Ltd had “conceded its failings” over the phase…
Haringey Council faces the threat of a legal challenge to its controversial deal with Lendlease over a £2bn regeneration programme.
The north London local authority confirmed it had been sent a letter that mooted the need for a judicial review to the development partner decision. Lendlease was this week confirmed as preferred…
Construction News Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data