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According to CIMCIG chair Ian Exall, “After the recession, digital communications are probably the most significant change that marketers working in our industry have to adapt to. The internet, and its related technologies, is revolutionising communication.”

It would seem that, judging by the high turnout at the recent CIMCIG Annual…

Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is a must have in today’s highly dynamic construction industry where injury statistics are still too high.

It is an employer’s responsibility to provide employees with the correct PPE wherever there are risks to a workers’ health and safety that cannot be adequately controlled in other…

Construction contracts contain exclusion clauses and limitations of liability provisions, and the contractor’s liability may be limited to capped liquidated damages.

Indeed, liability for consequential loss, or lost profits might have been excluded. These clauses are all supposed to give a maximum exposure for each project.But as always, there remains a…

Retrofitting to achieve energy savings to meet current targets in emissions reductions is undoubtedly a real challenge.

But contractors that show real expertise in this area puts them ahead of the game in this potentially lucrative market. One way to capitalise on this market is in energy performance contracting. This structure…

Change and its consequences should always be anticipated.

=Consider for example the duration of legal liability under contracts. Legal liability under a construction contract does not usually end at the expiry of the defects liability period. A claim for breach of contract can be brought up to six years after…

The plant hire market is expected to grow in value by 16 per cent by 2015 following an expected contraction of 2 per cent in 2010, according to a recent report from market research firm MBD.

By 2015, MBD estimates that plant hire will be worth around £4.6 billion (at 2010…

A year in, chief construction adviser Paul Morrell’s report on low-carbon construction pulls no punches. This is an industry that suffers from the wrong structure in terms of professions, skills and supply chains.

There isn’t the right data, compliance process and protection of consumers to deliver retrofitting on the right scale.…

Engineering building services is all about using energy to provide comfortable and productive indoor environments. While things like windmills and photocells will help, how we control energy use more efficiently while providing comfortable and productive environments is the greatest challenge for building engineers.

We start with design conditions, for example 32…

The amendments to the Construction Act will impact on firms of varying size across the construction sector, with firms who work as sub-contractors benefitting the most from the changes which are expected to come into force in early 2011.

The amendments address some of the avoidance tactics established since the 1996…

Delay claims include different types or ‘heads’ of loss. One of the most common is a claim for head office overheads, that is the general costs of running the contractor’s business as distinct from site overheads. 

But when can you make such a claim and what do you have to do…