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The case for a Common Data Environment in construction projects

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: March 03, 2020

The case for a Common Data Environment in construction projects

The case for a Common Data Environment in construction projects It is reported that in 2019 a contractor ...

The case for a Common Data Environment in construction projects It is reported that in 2019 a contractor entered into administration almost once every fortnight. Scunthorpe-based contractor Clugston, ...

March 03, 2020
| by Anthony Davis

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UK Construction Sector warned by Competition and Markets Authority not to Cheat

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: February 27, 2020

UK Construction Sector warned by Competition and Markets Authority not to Cheat

UK Construction Sector warned by Competition and Markets Authority not to Cheat The UK Competition and Ma ...

UK Construction Sector warned by Competition and Markets Authority not to Cheat The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched its "Cheating or Competing?" campaign this week, and specificall ...

February 27, 2020
| by Anthony Davis

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Cash retentions in Construction – Scottish Government Consultation Open

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: February 19, 2020

Cash retentions in Construction – Scottish Government Consultation Open

Cash retentions in Construction - Scottish Government Consultation Open Two years since Peter Aldous MP b ...

Cash retentions in Construction - Scottish Government Consultation Open Two years since Peter Aldous MP brought his private members bill to Westminster, some 26 years since the recommendations in the ...

February 19, 2020
| by Anthony Davis

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UK construction tax changes and the IR35 off-payroll working rules

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: February 13, 2020

UK construction tax changes and the IR35 off-payroll working rules

UK construction tax changes and the IR35 off-payroll working rules If you mentioned construction tax chan ...

UK construction tax changes and the IR35 off-payroll working rules If you mentioned construction tax changes last year, the focus was mainly on the construction VAT reverse charge (which has been post ...

February 13, 2020
| by Anthony Davis

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Pinsent Masons reveals infrastructure technology revolution being held back

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: January 29, 2020

Pinsent Masons reveals infrastructure technology revolution being held back

Pinsent Masons reveals infrastructure technology revolution being held back A global infrastructure surve ...

Pinsent Masons reveals infrastructure technology revolution being held back A global infrastructure survey by international law firm Pinsent Masons has revealed that there is still a lack of understan ...

January 29, 2020
| by Anthony Davis

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2019 UK legal Construction review and 2020 preview

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: December 18, 2019

2019 UK legal Construction review and 2020 preview

2019 UK legal Construction review and 2020 preview It's been yet another busy year for construction, with ...

2019 UK legal Construction review and 2020 preview It's been yet another busy year for construction, with BIM developments, greater use of modern methods of construction, looming Brexit, increased ins ...

December 18, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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Tax is always the focus for election manifestos

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: December 09, 2019

Tax is always the focus for election manifestos

Tax is always the focus for election manifestos For the Construction industry tax has been something that ...

Tax is always the focus for election manifestos For the Construction industry tax has been something that has been discussed a lot over the last few months - even before the UK General Election was an ...

December 09, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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Insolvency in the Construction Sector

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: October 08, 2019

Insolvency in the Construction Sector

Insolvency in the Construction Sector In the past five years, insolvency rates in the construction indust ...

Insolvency in the Construction Sector In the past five years, insolvency rates in the construction industry have increased more quickly than in other industries across the UK. This article considers t ...

October 08, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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Womble Bond Dickinson looks at the consultation paper for building safety reforms

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: August 29, 2019

Womble Bond Dickinson looks at the consultation paper for building safety reforms

Womble Bond Dickinson looks at the consultation paper for building safety reforms In June 2019 the Minist ...

Womble Bond Dickinson looks at the consultation paper for building safety reforms In June 2019 the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) issued a consultation paper entitled ...

August 29, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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Expert advice on the Construction VAT reverse charge set to impact the UK

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: August 16, 2019

Expert advice on the Construction VAT reverse charge set to impact the UK

Expert advice on the Construction VAT reverse charge set to impact the UK You have probably heard about V ...

Expert advice on the Construction VAT reverse charge set to impact the UK You have probably heard about VAT changing for the construction industry later this year, but some of the information about th ...

August 16, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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Laying the foundations for equality in the construction sector

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: July 31, 2019

Laying the foundations for equality in the construction sector

Laying the foundations for equality in the construction sector It is 50 years since the riots at the Ston ...

Laying the foundations for equality in the construction sector It is 50 years since the riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York sparked the international Pride movement, 50 years since people stood up ...

July 31, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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Fieldfisher wins case against Network Rail in competition case

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: July 22, 2019

Fieldfisher wins case against Network Rail in competition case

Fieldfisher wins case against Network Rail in competition case European law firm Fieldfisher has won a ha ...

Fieldfisher wins case against Network Rail in competition case European law firm Fieldfisher has won a hard fought stand-alone competition case in the Competition Appeal Tribunal for its client Achill ...

July 22, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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The I in BIM – Who actually owns the data and the database holding it?

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: March 04, 2019

The I in BIM – Who actually owns the data and the database holding it?

The I in BIM - Who actually owns the data and the database holding it? Data is big business. An article f ...

The I in BIM - Who actually owns the data and the database holding it? Data is big business. An article from May 2017 in The Economist described the dependency of the global economy on data flows. Whe ...

March 04, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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The future of alternative dispute resolution?

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: February 27, 2019

The future of alternative dispute resolution?

The future of alternative dispute resolution? Alternative dispute resolution, also known as ADR, is often ...

The future of alternative dispute resolution? Alternative dispute resolution, also known as ADR, is often used in construction and professional negligence disputes. In early December a working group o ...

February 27, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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The demise of PFI – gone but not forgotten

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: February 13, 2019

The demise of PFI – gone but not forgotten

The demise of PFI - gone but not forgotten During the course of his Budget speech on 29 October 2018 the ...

The demise of PFI - gone but not forgotten During the course of his Budget speech on 29 October 2018 the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, said: "I have never signed off a PFI contract as Chancellor and I c ...

February 13, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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A year of legal developments in construction and what 2019 may hold

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: February 07, 2019

A year of legal developments in construction and what 2019 may hold

A year of legal developments in construction and what 2019 may hold Things never stand still in the const ...

A year of legal developments in construction and what 2019 may hold Things never stand still in the construction industry and so, as expected, we saw a lot of change in 2018 from the point of view of ...

February 07, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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Is it time to move partnership a stage further this year?

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: January 24, 2019

Is it time to move partnership a stage further this year?

Is it time to move partnership a stage further this year? “Re-thinking” the industry is a common topic of ...

Is it time to move partnership a stage further this year? “Re-thinking” the industry is a common topic of debate in construction at the minute, with “innovation” and “collaboration” being popular buzz ...

January 24, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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A commitment to fix the system – the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Report

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: January 16, 2019

A commitment to fix the system – the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Report

A commitment to fix the system - the government's response to the Grenfell Tower Report Following on from ...

A commitment to fix the system - the government's response to the Grenfell Tower Report Following on from the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017, where the fire breached compartmentati ...

January 16, 2019
| by Anthony Davis

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Defensibility of claims under the new Well-managed UK Highway Infrastructure Guidance

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: November 15, 2018

Defensibility of claims under the new Well-managed UK Highway Infrastructure Guidance

Defensibility of claims under the new Well-managed UK Highway Infrastructure Guidance The Well-managed Hi ...

Defensibility of claims under the new Well-managed UK Highway Infrastructure Guidance The Well-managed Highway Infrastructure Code (WMHI) was published in October 2016, but its two year transition per ...

November 15, 2018
| by Anthony Davis

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Improving the construction industry’s understanding of modern slavery

Posted by Anthony Davis
|Date: October 25, 2018

Improving the construction industry’s understanding of modern slavery

Improving the construction industry's understanding of modern slavery Have you noticed that every few mon ...

Improving the construction industry's understanding of modern slavery Have you noticed that every few months, there is a headline in the news about modern slavery and that quite often it is related to ...

October 25, 2018
| by Anthony Davis

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