Dame Judith Hackitt will deliver keynote speech on Building a Safer Future’s national conference

Building a Safer Future's second national conference has announced Dame Judith Hackitt as a keynote speaker at the event on 23 March 2023. The post Dame Judith Hackitt will deliver keynote speech on Building a Safer Future’s national conference appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

Construction Accidents: How to Reclaim Your Life After this Tragic Event

Working in the construction industry comes with significant perks. You can work outdoors and won’t experience boredom sitting behind a desk. You can work with your hands and build things society can use. You might love working in the construction field, but it does involve certain risks. If you hurt yourself while on the job, […] The post Construction Accidents: How to Reclaim Your Life After this Tragic Event first appeared on CCR-Mag.com.

Heritage conference addresses costs and conservation

Opportunities now available to support annual CIOB heritage sector event. The post Heritage conference addresses costs and conservation appeared first on Construction Management.

Directors’ duties in the event of a construction company insolvency

With the pressure on construction companies likely to increase as the recession deepens over the coming year, John Wallace, solicitor and managing director of specialist construction and real estate boutique law firm Ridgemont, examines directors’ liabilities in the event of a construction company insolvency. The post Directors’ duties in the event of a construction company insolvency appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.

US meeting and events firm snaps up 16 etc venues

Convene, a US firm that designs, builds, and manages meeting, event, and flexible office spaces, has acquired UK-based etc venues for an undisclosed sum.

Metroun - Force Majeure in Construction - Is Covid-19 a Force Majeure Event, 12012022

The construction industry (and many surveyors) have had to deal with the contractual implications of COVID-19 which has dictated new ways of working. This video animation highlights that 'force majeure' only applies if there is a force majeure clause in the contract – it is not a general legal principle of universal application. Also, many JCT contracts contain a force majeure provision, whereas NEC contracts contain the equivalent of a force majeure regime

Silver Shemmings Ash - What is Concurrent Delay

Mohammed Haque discusses Concurrent Delay, answering some frequently asked questions including what is concurrent delay and how do the Courts treat it?

Fenwick Elliott - Practical tips for putting claims together – Part 2, 19112020

Following the success of their first webinar back in June 2020, Fenwick Elliott’s Jeremy Glover, Lynne McCafferty QC of 4 Pump Court and George Taft of Secretariat reconvene to consider further how best to prepare and evidence your Covid-19 claims.

COVID-19: Right to designate a force majeure event must be exercised rationally and in good faith - published by CMS Law-Now

In Dwyer (UK Franchising) Ltd v Fredbar Ltd [2021] EWHC 1218 (Ch), Fredbar was a small plumbing business that held a plumbing and drain repair services franchise from Dwyer. The franchise agreement provided that the franchise arrangement would be suspended if the parties were prevented or hindered from carrying out their obligations “by any cause which the Franchisor designates as force majeure”. During the coronavirus pandemic, Fredbar’s owner was medically advised to self-isolate at home in o

How change in law is considering due to outburst of COVID and what is the interpretation pursuant to FIDIC where pandemic is neutral event

How to determine the dominant cause of delay ? Is it simply first event dominates until overtaken and therefore substituted by subsequent events.