Burnham warns of ‘winter of greater flooding’ as storms start to hit UK

Prime minister Andy Burnham has said the UK could face a “winter of greater flooding” as Storm Austen and Storm Boelo are set to cause disruption across the UK. The post Burnham warns of ‘winter of greater flooding’ as storms start to hit UK appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Surveyors warn growing skills gap is impacting ability to meet demand

Some 60% of respondents to the latest RICS skills survey cited a lack of mid-career and experienced professionals as the main cause of the skills shortage. The post Surveyors warn growing skills gap is impacting ability to meet demand appeared first on Property Week.

AI Dominates Economic Growth in ABC Third Quarter Outlook

No recession is expected, but ongoing issues cause overall concern.

Gleeson expects profit hit as major land deal delayed until next financial year

Delay in completion of a key deal until after the start of the next financial year in July is expected to cause a £7.5m hit to 2025-26 profits. The post Gleeson expects profit hit as major land deal delayed until next financial year appeared first on Property Week.

£20M improvements don’t address underlying safety issue on A21, says MP

An MP has criticised National Highways and the Department for Transport (DfT) for not “addressing the underlying cause” of serious safety concerns on the A21 with £20M worth of upgrades being carried out on the highway. The post £20M improvements don’t address underlying safety issue on A21, says MP appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

HKA - CRUX Insight 5th Annual Report - Battling the Headwinds, A regional analysis of claims and dispute causation, Oct 2022

U.S. consultant HKA has carried out an integrated research programme that analyses and reports on the causes of claims and disputes on major capital and infrastructure projects worldwide. Their CRUX report is based on first-hand investigations by their consultants working on projects globally Their 5th Annual CRUX Insight Report is a distillation of their findings on more than 1,600 multi-year projects in 100 countries, over a 5 year period up until the end of July 2022

Old course notes - SCL, Some pratical problems of ascertaining Loss and Expense (by John Sims), 03031992

A Paper given to the Society of Construction Law on 3rd March 1992 that considers some of the practical problems of ascertaining Loss and Expense

How Can Grading Plan Errors Cause Permit Delays and Costly Rework?

Are you losing time and money due to misaligned BIM models that cause clashes between structural and MEP systems during construction?