The Field-To-Office Gap Is Where Projects Quietly Bleed Money

The post The Field-To-Office Gap Is Where Projects Quietly Bleed Money appeared first on UK Construction Blog. A construction project generates two parallel records of what is happening. One lives in the field: what a crew actually did today, what conditions they found, what got flagged as a problem. The other lives in the office: schedules, budgets, contract administration, and the paperwork that eventually determines who pays for what. When those two […]

M Group wins £110M Scottish Power transmission line upgrade contract

M Group has been awarded a £110M contract by ScottishPower to carry out major overhead line upgrades on a key transmission route between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The post M Group wins £110M Scottish Power transmission line upgrade contract appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

US Army: Experimental AI Did Not Influence $449M White Sands Contract Award

A disputed Army procurement offers an unprecedented public view into how officials tested AI during proposal reviews and how that experiment became evidence in court.

Mears secures £4.2bn pipeline after contract winning spree

Housing upkeep giant lands £1.4bn of work as Birmingham deal leads bumper order book

Why UK Contractors Are Replacing In-Situ Concrete with Precast Retaining Walls on Fast-Track Builds

The post Why UK Contractors Are Replacing In-Situ Concrete with Precast Retaining Walls on Fast-Track Builds appeared first on UK Construction Blog. That handover date written into the contract is usually non-negotiable with liquidated damages that start accumulating from the day the deadline passes.  We spend months in the prep stages only to compress the actual construction window into a handful of weeks where everything from groundworks to service installs all try to occupy the exact same […]

Contract Retentions Legislation - Unintended consequences?

A commentary by Pinsent Masons Solicitors published on 2nd April 2026 regarding the UK Government's proposed new legislation to ban contract retentions

Target Cost contracts compared: NEC4 Option C versus JCT TCC

The launch of the Joint Contracts Tribunal's (JCT) Target Cost contract (TCC) 2024 introduces a compelling new contender to NEC4 Option C's dominance in target cost contracting, potentially reshaping procurement strategies across both public and private sectors.

JCT 2016 Design and build a practical usage training presentation

Practical use of this JCT contract

RICS - Risk management and the giga-projects of the Middle East 20062023

In a region that has the world’s highest risk of cost overruns, how can project risk at this scale be effectively managed amidst on-going global headwinds? How can new technologies be effectively integrated? And what are the essential considerations for businesses wishing to manage risks in giga-projects of this scale and technological advancement?

Construction Management - ‘Can our client introduce the delay and disruption protocol?’ May 2023

In the May edition of the Construction Management magazine, the legal Q&A section considers a contractor's question about the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol, which its client wishes to introduce on their contract. Anthony Hayes provides an answer

What is the contract request letter called

Can an employer alter Sectional Completion requirements once in Contract? What are the potential impacts on section damages?

Does anyone have any 'model' definitions for Force Majeure they could share?

How is inflation being dealt with in Compensation Events on NEC contracts? Has anyone experience of this so far?

How does one secure a #contract to provide #accommodations for #contractors in #Birmingham?

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