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Conmen pose as contractors to steal £500,000 from clients

2-Sep-2010
Strata Homes fined £30k for injured worker

31-Aug-2010
Morgan Sindall faces £2m court claim over brick wall dispute

26-Aug-2010
Contractor delay claims - A victory for common sense?

26 August 2010
Crossrail - the case for Target Cost Contracts?

26 August 2010
Get ready, the Bribery Act is coming

26 August 2010
The End of the road for Tolent clauses

26 August 2010
Ex-Tarmac chief sues Ardmore Construction

23-Aug-2010
Contractor fined after disturbing asbestos in primary school

23-Aug-2010
Shopfitters fined £4k after Manchester asbestos exposure

20-Aug-2010
Concrete firm fined after worker impaled on steel cable

20-Aug-2010
Laing O'Rourke in the dock following worker fall

18-Aug-2010
Crane firm fined £18k after four tonne hook falls near college students

18-Aug-2010
BSF approvals see off legal challenge

12-Aug-2010
Equality postponed?

12 August 2010
Impact for employers of the coalition government

12 August 2010
Investment treaty arbitration in a nutshell

12 August 2010
Notice your notices or risk losing out on claims

12 August 2010
Rushi fined £15k after carbon monoxide scare

11-Aug-2010
Quarrying firm fined £96k for worker death

11-Aug-2010
Firms fined for illegally dumping waste

10-Aug-2010
Scaffolding firm fined for dumping

5-Aug-2010
Reduce energy through rammed earth construction

05 August 2010
30-tonne loader overturns and slides down quarry

29-Jul-2010
United House contracts investigated

29-Jul-2010
Somerset firm fined after worker loses leg in horror accident

26-Jul-2010
Former Laing O'Rourke director loses dismissal case

23-Jul-2010
Contractor fined after 85m scaffold spills into street

22-Jul-2010
Multiplex pays investors £63m over Wembley

22-Jul-2010
Clients look to escape safety duties

22-Jul-2010
Government to act on late payment

22-Jul-2010
Subjected to a contract

22 July 2010
The new consumer code for home builders

22 July 2010
Yorkshire firm fined after fall

19-Jul-2010
What happens to a construction contract when a party goes into liquidation?

16-Jul-2010
Firm fined £10,000 over lost finger

16-Jul-2010
Three men fined after fall leaves worker in coma

15-Jul-2010
Roofing contractor prosecuted after apprentice falls through roof

7-Jul-2010
Comet fined £75k after roofer death

5-Jul-2010
Builders fined £75k for passer-by death

1-Jul-2010
Multiplex and Mott MacDonald settle Wembley legal battle

25-Jun-2010
Government to review health and safety laws

14-Jun-2010
MJ Gleeson in £4m battle with 12 subbies over MK school defects

10-Jun-2010
OFT: Contractors more aware of bid-rigging

7-Jun-2010
Contractor fined £45k over lift fatality

4-Jun-2010
Cornwall developer fined £4.5k over asbestos failures

4-Jun-2010
Aston Villa fined after contractor suffers 'severe' injuries in fall

1-Jun-2010
Inquest into Potters Bar deaths to begin after 'extreme delay'

1-Jun-2010
Milford Haven legal battle escalates

27-May-2010
Court refuses to reduce Network Rail fine for Staffordshire fatals

26-May-2010
Contractor fined over worker injury

24-May-2010
Candys face Qatari royals in £81m High Court battle over Chelsea Barracks

17-May-2010
OFT to examine infrastructure ownership

14-May-2010
Contractor to pay £15k after building collapse injures worker

13-May-2010
Man arrested after fatally injuring worker at Cumbrian building site

11-May-2010
Firm and director fined £90k after worker paralysed

10-May-2010
John Doyle to pay £20k after worker struck by steel beams

4-May-2010
ELECTION: How the parties planning policies shape up

30-Apr-2010
Legal challenge could delay £395m Aberdeen bypass

26-Apr-2010
Bribery Bill warning for directors

15-Apr-2010
Labour plans action on gangmasters

13-Apr-2010
OFT fine hits North Midland Construction 9.5pc profit rise

8-Apr-2010
Staythorpe wildcat strike off

7-Apr-2010
Govt dismisses key Donaghy recommendations in long-awaited inquiry response

30-Mar-2010
Tower crane register to come into force next week

30-Mar-2010
Sita UK claim against GMWDA thrown out of court

29-Mar-2010
The Cube developers placed into administration

26-Mar-2010
SFO investigation into Alstom intensifies after second day of searches

25-Mar-2010
Three Alstom directors arrested over alleged bribery and money laundering

24-Mar-2010
Shepherd loses appeal over 'pay-when-paid' clause on Trinity Walk

23-Mar-2010
ORR raises safety concerns over maintenance plans

23-Mar-2010
Judge rejects 9/11 payout deal

22-Mar-2010
Self-employment crackdown: taxman pledges to go ahead

11-Mar-2010
Balfour Beatty wins first case in blacklisting scandal

8-Mar-2010
Contractor fined £3.5k after employee 'buried alive'

8-Mar-2010
Redcar case could set green space precedent

4-Mar-2010
Bill "for British workers" proposed

4-Mar-2010
Northumbrian Water fined £34k after worker crashed by vehicle

26-Feb-2010
Corporate manslaughter trial delayed over company director's health

26-Feb-2010
CBUK recoups £3m from Multiplex

25-Feb-2010
First corporate manslaughter case set to begin

23-Feb-2010
Jailed ex-Welsh Slate executives' assets confiscated

23-Feb-2010
New rules pave way for tower crane register

22-Feb-2010
CBUK appeal halves amount owed to Multiplex over Wembley

22-Feb-2010
Developer and contractor fined £25k over 'shocking' fatal fall

22-Feb-2010
Castle Cement fined £250k over health dangers

19-Feb-2010
Hundreds of workers walk off Staythorpe site in row over safety

16-Feb-2010
Demolition firms fined £115k over Paddington demolition fatality

15-Feb-2010
Carillion fined £185k after worker hit by truck suffers life-threatening injuries

15-Feb-2010
Client and contractor fined £22k after worker suffers two fractured vertebrae

11-Feb-2010
Culdaff board banned after probe

10-Feb-2010
Female remains unearthed at Manchester site 'highly suspicious', police say

9-Feb-2010
Twelve arrested in £2m construction fraud investigation

4-Feb-2010
Shepherd fined £20k over cherry picker collapse at Trinity Square

4-Feb-2010
Protests outside offices of Alstom and Lord Mandelson over wage 'undercutting'

3-Feb-2010
Docklands Light Railway extension fatality 'an accident'

1-Feb-2010
Firm fined over fatal ladder fall

1-Feb-2010
Government abandons planned reforms to limitation periods

26-Jan-2010
Developer banned from leading firms after housing collapse

22-Jan-2010
Decision on Dooley v Balfour Beatty blacklisting case within 4 weeks

21-Jan-2010
Balfour Beatty in blacklisting tribunal

21-Jan-2010
Council liable in dispute over home collapse

21-Jan-2010
Dispute erupts over Staythorpe power station workers' pay gap

19-Jan-2010
Balfour Beatty faces employment tribunal over blacklisted worker claim

18-Jan-2010
Welsh contractor fined £80k after young worker killed in digger accident

15-Jan-2010
Fined firm whose building collapsed had 'no construction plan'

13-Jan-2010
Willmott Dixon, Styles&Wood and M&S face court over asbestos charges

13-Jan-2010
Payment row erupts over Dubai Metro works

8-Jan-2010
Contractor fined £4.5k after worker crushed by telehandler

8-Jan-2010
2010 PREVIEW: Courting controversy

7-Jan-2010
Cube developer ordered to pay £1.2m

7-Jan-2010
Lancashire firm fined £16k after worker suffers fractured skull

6-Jan-2010
Firms fined £280k after man crushed by crate on Shell refurb job

4-Jan-2010
Employer fined £3.5k after worker fall

21-Dec-2009
Cumbrian Industrials fined after M6 death

16-Dec-2009
Contractor loses chance to appeal OFT fine after postal error

14-Dec-2009
Firm fined over asbestos exposure

10-Dec-2009
Judge warns of surge in enforcements

10-Dec-2009
MPs urged to tighten blacklisting plans

10-Dec-2009
PRE-BUDGET: Self-employment responses to be published in the New Year

9-Dec-2009
Welsh Water loses appeal against Barratt Homes in sewerage row

9-Dec-2009
PJ Carey ordered to pay £154k after worker fatally hit by telehandler

9-Dec-2009
Construction worker crushed by beam

8-Dec-2009
Sellafield fined £75k after contractors exposed to radiation

7-Dec-2009
Sellafield faces unlimited fine after contractors exposed to radiation

4-Dec-2009
HSE will review register after a year

3-Dec-2009
Wembley and White City labour supply trio jailed over £771k tax fraud

30-Nov-2009
Full financial checks could lead to bigger fines for contractors in Scotland

27-Nov-2009
Tower crane register regulations passed by HSE

25-Nov-2009
ISG confirms appeal over £5m OFT cover pricing penalty

24-Nov-2009
Firms fined £126k over fatal Milton Keynes scaffold collapse

24-Nov-2009
Firm fined after worker's plunge

24-Nov-2009
Galliford Try and Renew Holdings launch appeals against OFT fines

24-Nov-2009
QS Paul Morrell tipped to land chief construction adviser role

23-Nov-2009
Builder in court charged over fatal stabbing

23-Nov-2009
OFT sets out reasons behind its £129.2m of cover pricing fines

20-Nov-2009
Hammerson in planning conflict row

20-Nov-2009
Construction agenda set for remainder of Parliament

19-Nov-2009
HSE to recruit councils to test plans

19-Nov-2009
Contractor fined after wall collapses on worker

13-Nov-2009
Fresh talks over Donaghy report as implementation fears emerge

12-Nov-2009
Lovell Partnerships fined £75k after child plummets to death

11-Nov-2009
Laing O'Rourke and SGB fined £105k over fatal Heathrow incident

9-Nov-2009
Westfield faces White City legal battle

5-Nov-2009
Government backs move to standardise safety PQQs

4-Nov-2009
Six arrested over tax evasion and money laundering

4-Nov-2009
Laing O'Rourke consortium sues Department of Health

4-Nov-2009
Westlink consortium will have to fix motorway if probe reveals real flood threat

4-Nov-2009
Plumber fined £10k for construction worker death

28-Oct-2009
Further delays hit N Ireland spending

22-Oct-2009
Power company refused injuntion against protesting electrician

21-Oct-2009
OGC's new procurement guidance will let developers 'press ahead' with new schemes

21-Oct-2009
Demolition company fined over fall

19-Oct-2009
Firms fined after electocuted worker suffers burns to 52pc of body

16-Oct-2009
Hire firm ordered to stop sending faxes

14-Oct-2009
Subbies win adjudication costs reprieve

14-Oct-2009
CIOB slams proposed tower crane register as 'pointless'

13-Oct-2009
Public inquiry for South-east freight depot begins

13-Oct-2009
Firm fined £3.5k after worker's hand nailed to pallet

13-Oct-2009
John Doyle to pay £16k over worker fall at Liverpool One

9-Oct-2009
Tower crane register consultation closes

9-Oct-2009
Contractor and client hit with £115k bill over unsafe asbestos removal

7-Oct-2009
Buncefield explosion trial adjourned

6-Oct-2009
Carillion fined £40k after worker sustains serious injuries at E.On plant

6-Oct-2009
Former contracts manager faces trial after trying to sell Ritz Hotel

2-Oct-2009
Bribery: To plea or not to plea?

2-Oct-2009
Competition watchdog recommends new hurdles to supermarket development

2-Oct-2009
Eden Brown may appeal cartel fine, says Dragons' Den star James Caan

1-Oct-2009
Corruption fines painful for Mabey

1-Oct-2009
Councillors call on Bolton to scrap deal after OFT fines two suppliers

1-Oct-2009
Lucas: ‘We will make investment now’

1-Oct-2009
Minister: firms can shape deaths review changes

1-Oct-2009
LABOUR FIRMS FINED: Hays considering appeal for 'disproportionate' penalty

30-Sep-2009
Roofing firm fined £23k over worker fall

30-Sep-2009
LABOUR FIRMS FINED BY OFT: The penalties

30-Sep-2009
Labour firms fined £40m for collective boycott and price-fixing cartel

30-Sep-2009
Company and director fined £7K after worker falls through rooflight

29-Sep-2009
Mabey & Johnson to pay £6.6m for bribing officials and UN breaches

28-Sep-2009
Builder who won £3.3m from accident to have case re-examined

24-Sep-2009
More than £4bn of work to cover fines

24-Sep-2009
OFT fines “could be just the start”

24-Sep-2009
IMAGES: Select Plant Hire fined £100k over crane collapse

24-Sep-2009
The massive fraud at Welsh Slate

24-Sep-2009
OFT INTERVIEW: Fines could have been 'much higher', says OFT

23-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Highways Agency backs its processes

23-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Contractors should apologise and give us back our cash, say councils

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: Six found guilty of bid rigging after accepting payments

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Kier considering options after being worst hit

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: BSF distanced from cover pricing

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Willmott Dixon considers next step

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Unions offer stinging verdict of fined contractors

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Morgan Sindall carried out review after inquiry launched

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: FMB calls on clients not to issue further punishments

22-Sep-2009
Rok fined £20k after worker suffers severe injuries on Heathrow T4

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: Contractors to consider appeals

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: Contractors fined 1.14pc of their global turnover

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: Six firms out of 103 have fines halved or more by OFT

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: OGC urges clients not to exclude guilty contractors 'automatically'

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Balfour Beatty claims full compliance as Mansell fined £5.2m

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Carillion responds to its £5.4m fine from OFT

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: We 'made no financial gain whatsoever', says Galliford Try

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: Kier takes biggest hit in OFT inquiry with £18m fine

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: NFB condemns firms punishment of 'small, random selection'

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: UKCG writes to clients in bid to curb potential blacklisting

22-Sep-2009
OFT REACTION: Fines 'perverse and unfair', says UKCG

22-Sep-2009
OFT FINES: 103 firms found guilty of cover pricing fined £130m

22-Sep-2009
OFT to reveal fines from cover pricing investigation tomorrow

21-Sep-2009
Former Alfred McAlpine executives jailed for fraudulent trading

18-Sep-2009
Industrial action may be averted after new wage rises unveiled

18-Sep-2009
Firms fined £44k after worker 'fortunate to survive' electric shock

17-Sep-2009
Decision expected on power station strike action

17-Sep-2009
N Ireland procurement in new overhaul

17-Sep-2009
Greater Manchester waste client calms PFI legal claim delay fears

17-Sep-2009
Tackling corruption begins at home for UK

17-Sep-2009
Calls for more direct labour after raids

17-Sep-2009
Insolvency and pay when paid clauses

16-Sep-2009
What happens when the adjudicator’s decision is unsatisfactory?

16-Sep-2009
Builders should have no say on Irish assets Bill, demands charity

16-Sep-2009
Govt unveils crackdown on corruption in public sector construction

11-Sep-2009
Insurance hike fears over legal time limits

11-Sep-2009
Contractors warned to tighten up after corruption case falls apart

10-Sep-2009
Failed Manchester waste bidder launches claim for 'unlimited' damages

9-Sep-2009
Scaffold firm fined for unsecured structure collapse

9-Sep-2009
Firm pays over £3k for worker injury

8-Sep-2009
Firms fined £9k for worker's 10m fall

8-Sep-2009
Contract corruption case thrown out of court

7-Sep-2009
Protesters to flood Newport power station site

7-Sep-2009
Talks resume in bid to avert widespread strikes

4-Sep-2009
OFT proposes greater duties for directors over competition law

3-Sep-2009
Insolvency and pay when paid clauses

2-Sep-2009
Can you avoid paying after losing an adjudication?

2-Sep-2009
Prohibition notices served at site where Aberdeen worker killed

2-Sep-2009
Man dies in scaffold fall

1-Sep-2009
EDF Energy Contracting fined £160k over worker death

27-Aug-2009
Petition against new Kingsnorth station to be handed to Govt

24-Aug-2009
Unions continue ballot as contractors stand firm on pay freeze

21-Aug-2009
Company fined over basement work

20-Aug-2009
OFT inquiry: UKCG and NFB launch new code of conduct

20-Aug-2009
We’re now ‘squeaky clean’, says Kier chief

20-Aug-2009
Mandatory code can ‘only help industry’

20-Aug-2009
OFT backs ‘positive’ industry code

20-Aug-2009
Interpretation of contracts

19-Aug-2009
Public bodies still let work to insolvent main contractors

19-Aug-2009
Council to appeal ruling that reclamation work caused birth defects

19-Aug-2009
First corporate manslaughter trial to begin in February

19-Aug-2009
Contractor fined £10k after employee injured in fall

19-Aug-2009
Blacklist lobbyists demand strict penalties in consultation submission

18-Aug-2009
Corby council to consider appeal on reclamation works ruling

18-Aug-2009
Legal action threatens tram project

14-Aug-2009
A new duty for directors?

12-Aug-2009
Worker arrested after hitting colleague with vehicle

12-Aug-2009
Strike ballot begins today

11-Aug-2009
Planning application changes backed

10-Aug-2009
Unions call for tougher blacklist action

6-Aug-2009
Downloading documents ‘would take 100 days’

6-Aug-2009
Wembley battle is “paralysing” Mott

6-Aug-2009
Preparation and timing key to remedies for EU procurement

5-Aug-2009
Blacklist firms warned of further action

5-Aug-2009
Blacklisting: ICO bans 14 firms from using data

4-Aug-2009
WD Bennett fined £125k for Worthing crane collapse

4-Aug-2009
Wembley: Multiplex v CBUK appeal delayed

31-Jul-2009
Multiplex v Mott MacDonald Wembley legal fees to hit £65m

30-Jul-2009
Multiplex v Mott MacDonald trial to start in Jan 2011

30-Jul-2009
N Ireland procurement plan published

30-Jul-2009
Reclamation works at British Steel site blamed for birth defects

29-Jul-2009
Illegal strikes a threat to struggling industry

27-Jul-2009
Iraq worker loses compensation claim against Mott Macdonald

24-Jul-2009
OFT case against Crest Nicholson 'infringed the principle of equal treatment'

24-Jul-2009
OFT's Simon Williams moved off 'bid rigging' investigation in reshuffle

24-Jul-2009
Gas fitter convicted of manslaughter over double fatality

23-Jul-2009
SFO: Bosses who self-report corruption could escape criminal prosecution

23-Jul-2009
Contractor fined £25k over worker fall death

23-Jul-2009
Urvasco's mothballed Strand scheme in receivership

23-Jul-2009
New blacklist support group to investigate potential class action

23-Jul-2009
Blacklist: firms’ invoices revealed

23-Jul-2009
Firms distance themselves from data

23-Jul-2009
Ian Kerr's £5,000 fine met with industry shock

23-Jul-2009
Contractors escape FOI extension – for now

23-Jul-2009
Wall fall boss jailed for three years over teenager’s death

23-Jul-2009
Be prepared for discrimination inquiry

22-Jul-2009
The EU public procurement challenge

22-Jul-2009
Contracts from the 1970s are still in fashion

22-Jul-2009
Is the end in sight for the burden of pre-qualification?

22-Jul-2009
Anger over asbestos decision delay

22-Jul-2009
Asbestos payout decision to be made

21-Jul-2009
Firm fined £127k after worker paralysed in fall

20-Jul-2009
Site boss jailed for three years for manslaughter

20-Jul-2009
Plumber wins asbestos compensation

20-Jul-2009
Wall fall boss to be sentenced for manslaughter today

20-Jul-2009
Power station building workers to be balloted for strikes

17-Jul-2009
Ucatt: Blacklist fine is 'slap in face'

16-Jul-2009
Pay deal sees workers back on World Cup sites

16-Jul-2009
ICO to use 'strongest powers' against 17 firms that accessed blacklist

16-Jul-2009
Blacklister Ian Kerr fined £5k

16-Jul-2009
Blacklisting sentencing due today

16-Jul-2009
Mabey awaits corruption sentencing

16-Jul-2009
Laing O’Rourke faces Oz court in October over cyclone safety

16-Jul-2009
IPC will have power over major infrastructure projects from March

15-Jul-2009
Deaths inquiry: Donaghy demands better working with unions

15-Jul-2009
What does your contract say about retention?

15-Jul-2009
Building boss could face prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter

14-Jul-2009
Work stalled on World Cup stadiums as strikes continue

13-Jul-2009
Electricians' crippling strike suspended

13-Jul-2009
Mabey & Johnson to plead guilty over corruption charges

10-Jul-2009
PC Harrington fined £150k over Wembley death

9-Jul-2009
Success can be ensured from past lessons

9-Jul-2009
Change managed in a timely manner

9-Jul-2009
Strikes stall work on South Africa's World Cup stadiums

9-Jul-2009
Mott Macdonald awaits Iraq ruling

9-Jul-2009
Willmott Dixon and Arup sued over flooded labs

9-Jul-2009
Shepherd stalls work on Berners Hotel amid payment row

9-Jul-2009
Mott MacDonald hits back in huge Wembley row

9-Jul-2009
PC Harrington to face court tomorrow over Wembley death

8-Jul-2009
UKCG: Construction does not need gangmasters regulations

8-Jul-2009
Deaths inquiry calls for investigation into conviction delays

8-Jul-2009
Understanding the rule of abatement

8-Jul-2009
Deaths inquiry report: Rita's Recommendations

8-Jul-2009
Deaths inquiry report: Govt needs a full-time construction minister

8-Jul-2009
The importance of adjudication in disputes

8-Jul-2009
What to do if retention return is delayed

8-Jul-2009
FACK demands 'full unedited' inquiry report be released immediately

7-Jul-2009
Delayed inquiry report to demand extension of gangmasters legislation

7-Jul-2009
Ucatt welcomes consultation on outlawing blacklisting

7-Jul-2009
Bovis and Cadbury head for courts

2-Jul-2009
Skanska dragged into Bath Spa battle

2-Jul-2009
Legislation could enforce use of local labour

2-Jul-2009
Persimmon finally wins case on £4m profit-share appeal

1-Jul-2009
What to do to prevent delays and cost hikes

1-Jul-2009
What happens when clients retain money – and go bust

1-Jul-2009
Safety developments prove bitter pill for industry

1-Jul-2009
Inquiry chair Rita Donaghy has 'handed over' final report

30-Jun-2009
Gas fitter faces manslaughter charges over carbon monoxide deaths

30-Jun-2009
Mott MacDonald 'made no assessment of risk' court told

29-Jun-2009
New laws tabled to help local firms win work on major projects

29-Jun-2009
Nearly-completed apartment tower topples almost intact

29-Jun-2009
Construction worker injured in Iraq sues Mott MacDonald and MoD

26-Jun-2009
Refinery deal to be put to workers after bitter protests

26-Jun-2009
Northern Ireland in procurement overhaul

25-Jun-2009
Manslaughter case plea adjourned until August

25-Jun-2009
Cardy Construction faces £500k sewage claim

25-Jun-2009
Ucatt: Government is stalling on compensating asbestos victims

24-Jun-2009
Total 'encouraging' dispute talks as mass protests continue

23-Jun-2009
Carillion finally back on site of Wales' tallest apartment tower

22-Jun-2009
Jobs dispute garners more support as sacked workers burn letters

22-Jun-2009
Eurolift fined £50k over Worthing crane collapse

19-Jun-2009
Crane companies to be sentenced over Worthing collapse

19-Jun-2009
Total sacks 900 workers after wildcat strikes

19-Jun-2009
Cemex fined over £30k over dust incident

18-Jun-2009
Inquiry for new Stansted runway construction delayed again

18-Jun-2009
Credit insurance move will be huge boost to construction firms

18-Jun-2009
HSE could add safety rules to building regulations in crackdown

18-Jun-2009
Magistrate commits first corporate manslaughter case to crown court

17-Jun-2009
First firm charged under Corporate Manslaughter Act faces court today

17-Jun-2009
An introduction to resolving pay disputes

17-Jun-2009
New Bill to crack down on construction gangmasters

12-Jun-2009
Ian Lucas named ninth construction minister since 2001

11-Jun-2009
Lindsey oil refinery scheme hit by further strike action

11-Jun-2009
MPs slam 'over-optimistic' and disappointing BSF programme

11-Jun-2009
Council to retender Newport site after Friars Walk scheme runs ground

10-Jun-2009
Bouygues describes safety convictions as 'deeply regrettable'

10-Jun-2009
Beware omitting work

10-Jun-2009
How to recover your losses

10-Jun-2009
Bones uncovered at site where severed foot was found

10-Jun-2009
Bouygues fined £160k over worker death

9-Jun-2009
Discovery Homes and its director fined less than £10k after employee death

8-Jun-2009
Heathrow Airport fined £10k after worker falls from Terminal 1 roof

8-Jun-2009
Yvette Cooper takes work and pensions role in Govt reshuffle

8-Jun-2009
Ex-Alfred McAlpine director pleads guilty to fraudulent trading

5-Jun-2009
Gordon Brown tipped to announce reshuffle today

5-Jun-2009
Ministers 'disappointed' by Purnell resignation

5-Jun-2009
Work and pensions secretary James Purnell resigns - and warns PM to stand down

5-Jun-2009
Bouygues fined £18k after worker sustains 'life-changing injuries'

4-Jun-2009
Bam Construct fined £15k over 'serious' incident at Willow Place

3-Jun-2009
Is flexible working the answer to the job crisis?

3-Jun-2009
Construction cartels – more punishment in store?

3-Jun-2009
Employers can save thousands by switching pension scheme type

3-Jun-2009
Quarry firms fined after worker trapped in conveyor

1-Jun-2009
Modus Ventures 'another casualty' as it enters administration

1-Jun-2009
Vital banking deal throws lifeline to Corus

1-Jun-2009
Family of crane collapse victim hold anniversary vigil

1-Jun-2009
Majority of construction firms still resistant to e-tendering

29-May-2009
Government may appeal after housing blow

28-May-2009
Mann’s creditors left with little hope

28-May-2009
ICO ordered to prove how Ian Kerr profited from blacklist

27-May-2009
Blacklister Ian Kerr pleads guilty and now faces Crown Court

27-May-2009
Mediation is key to saving thousands

27-May-2009
Lessons from the first corporate manslaughter case

27-May-2009
Get to you know your contract

27-May-2009
Blacklist boss goes on trial today

27-May-2009
What's happening in the legal sector this week

26-May-2009
Skanska to crack down on blacklisting

26-May-2009
Plymouth council fined for not maintaining school gas fittings

22-May-2009
Sellafield charged after workers exposed to radiation

22-May-2009
Creditors probe Cornhill bounced cheques

21-May-2009
Treasury faces lawsuit on national framework

21-May-2009
£20m lawsuit over nightclub floor

21-May-2009
JCT unveils new 'sustainable' contracts

20-May-2009
Council fined £10k over injury of untrained worker

20-May-2009
Unregistered gas fitter jailed after 'ignoring warnings'

20-May-2009
Wildcat stikes spread over local labour row

20-May-2009
Has your contract got a convenience clause?

20-May-2009
Limitations of liability: too little or too much?

20-May-2009
Construction Bill amendment could help SMEs

20-May-2009
Subcontractor Supershield hit with £2.7m bill after law firm flood

14-May-2009
Ucatt gathers forces in blacklist battle

14-May-2009
Wembley judge calls for reforms to legal system

14-May-2009
Let the buyer be canny

13-May-2009
One-in-five sites found to take 'serious risks' in HSE blitz

12-May-2009
Firm fined £15,000 after worker paralysed

12-May-2009
Govt moves to ban blacklisting with new consultation

11-May-2009
Buncefield trial committed to a higher court

11-May-2009
Former Alfred McAlpine directors plead guilty to fraudulent trading

11-May-2009
Lord Mandelson: We can't let Corus plant close

8-May-2009
Laing O'Rourke case may affect deaths probe

8-May-2009
Major Corus site may be mothballed

8-May-2009
Five companies face court over £750m Buncefield explosion

8-May-2009
School and builder fined after worker suffers burns

7-May-2009
Welsh Govt unveils 'green standards' for new build

7-May-2009
A question of payment

7-May-2009
Interest rates unlikely to change, economists predict

7-May-2009
Firm fined £8k for crane fall

6-May-2009
Let us build football terraces again, beg fans

6-May-2009
Hundreds to protest at 2012 Olympics site

6-May-2009
High Court claim over adjudicator’s pay

6-May-2009
How to avoid fraudulent injury claims

6-May-2009
Keen Construction fined £6k after worker breaks ribs in fall

1-May-2009
NI planning fees to rise by 20pc

1-May-2009
Battersea MP: Bring back London height restrictions

1-May-2009
HCA calls on pension fund investment to boost housing

1-May-2009
Laing O'Rourke fined £135k over newlywed death

30-Apr-2009
Nuclear land auction raises £400m for clean-up work

30-Apr-2009
Hammerson 'substantially stronger' following rights issue

30-Apr-2009
Kill Bill could be blunted by economy

30-Apr-2009
Self-employment crackdown may lead to huge tax bill for construction industry

30-Apr-2009
Keltbray fined £18k over Slough retail fire

30-Apr-2009
Be clear on what losses are yours

29-Apr-2009
Review your insurance in times of uncertainty

29-Apr-2009
Could Workers Memorial Day become a new bank holiday?

28-Apr-2009
New laws proposed to make compensation quicker and fairer

28-Apr-2009
Developer fined £10k over building collapse

27-Apr-2009
Change must happen before the Water and Floods bill comes into force

27-Apr-2009
Pinnacle Scaffolding fined £27k over worker fall

24-Apr-2009
Worker pleads not guilty over Kier Western death

24-Apr-2009
Geotechnical firm first to be charged with corporate manslaughter

23-Apr-2009
OFT delays bid-rigging verdict until September

23-Apr-2009
Ignorance is no defence when it comes to asbestos

22-Apr-2009
BLOG: Slipping through the net

22-Apr-2009
ACE: Tesco slashed fees by up to 40pc

21-Apr-2009
Inquiry into construction of second runway at Stansted delayed

17-Apr-2009
Teen killed after boss told him to prop up falling wall, court told

16-Apr-2009
UK Lift Company fined after manager breaks pelvis in fall

16-Apr-2009
Public protests ignored in modern mansion row

16-Apr-2009
HS Works loses £7m water dispute

16-Apr-2009
Tax relief easier for mobile staff

15-Apr-2009
Pay up £20k or face one-year behind bars, guilty landlord told

15-Apr-2009
Belfast loses funding for £50m training facilities after it's three minutes late

14-Apr-2009
Company director fined £18k for ignoring asbestos laws

9-Apr-2009
Carillion walks off Wales' tallest tower in payment row

9-Apr-2009
Keller arm chases council for £4m

9-Apr-2009
Almost open session

9-Apr-2009
Working hours opt-out under final talks

9-Apr-2009
To claim or not to claim?

8-Apr-2009
What to do if a client winds up insolvent

8-Apr-2009
Accidental death verdict reached in fall fatality

7-Apr-2009
DWP's deaths inquiry report delayed for two months

7-Apr-2009
Give new inspectors full powers, urges Ucatt

3-Apr-2009
Wembley battle to go another round as parties win leave to appeal

2-Apr-2009
Connaught steps back from housing contract over pension row

1-Apr-2009
Contractor fined for letting Polish workers sleep on 'fire risk' site

1-Apr-2009
Govt defers 5pc business rates hike

1-Apr-2009
One in five south Yorkshire sites shut down in blitz

1-Apr-2009
Connaught sends 225 workers home after pension row

31-Mar-2009
Firms must be more wary of data protection rules

30-Mar-2009
The dangers of dealing with duress

30-Mar-2009
Are you liable for your subcontractor’s negligence?

30-Mar-2009
Crane firms found guilty over Worthing collapse

30-Mar-2009
Alstom announces local jobs at Staythorpe

30-Mar-2009
“Be careful out there”

27-Mar-2009
Ceca urges Darling: Give us £600m for road repairs

27-Mar-2009
Oral contracts may be part of adjudication

25-Mar-2009
How to deal with demands for payment

25-Mar-2009
Imprisonment could become a corporate reality

25-Mar-2009
Minister insists blacklisting should be tackled “diligently”

25-Mar-2009
Race inquiry puts focus on state work

25-Mar-2009
Firm fined £3k for inaccurate asbestos survey

24-Mar-2009
Contractor slapped with £4k fine for insufficient scaffolding

24-Mar-2009
Sky Scaffolding fined £4k after pedestrian injured by pole

24-Mar-2009
MPs move to stamp out blacklisting

24-Mar-2009
Camden Council fined £40k for scaffolder death

24-Mar-2009
Aggregates boss fined £4k over 2001 death

23-Mar-2009
Committee approves Sir Michael Pitt appointment

23-Mar-2009
One in three Aberdeen sites shut down by HSE

23-Mar-2009
Hammerson achieves 98.6pc rights issue take up

23-Mar-2009
Modus' £200m Trinity Walk enters administration

20-Mar-2009
Row over foreign labour continues with protests in Kent

20-Mar-2009
Contractor fined £7k over dump truck accident

20-Mar-2009
Payment bill threat to PFI projects

19-Mar-2009
The rules around British jobs for Britons

18-Mar-2009
Letters sent without prejudice

18-Mar-2009
'Mistake' by untrained worker caused Worthing crane deaths

17-Mar-2009
HSE's 'encouraging' Teesside blitz sees one quarter given black mark

16-Mar-2009
Failing to get into the festive spirit

13-Mar-2009
Learning to live with Christmas...

13-Mar-2009
Wembley legal row dents Cleveland Bridge accounts

13-Mar-2009
New materials boss calls for less legislation

12-Mar-2009
Unions and politicians threaten action over employee blacklist

12-Mar-2009
Making your opinions known to MPs

11-Mar-2009
Sealed with the best intentions

11-Mar-2009
Consulting Association blacklist: The response

6-Mar-2009
Industry bodies surprise at blacklist scale

6-Mar-2009
Blacklisting construction firms could face civil action

6-Mar-2009
Revealed: the comments on the construction blacklist

6-Mar-2009
Construction giants accused of blacklisting workers

6-Mar-2009
How to get money owed to you

2-Mar-2009
Dangers of homophobic banter

2-Mar-2009
Mill Hill schemes gain approval

2-Mar-2009
Firm fined £11k for asbestos exposure

26-Feb-2009
Keeping value in your firm

26-Feb-2009
John Magnier eyes his money as Laing O’Rourke vehicle is wound up

11-Feb-2009
Northern Ireland education U-turn prompts delay fears

11-Feb-2009
Ballenwood Properties fined for not reporting serious worker injuries

11-Feb-2009
UCS Civils and Pochin Concrete fined £80k over worker death

11-Feb-2009
Anger at death verdict

10-Feb-2009
Steven Allen inquest records verdict of accidental death

5-Feb-2009
Dorchester refurbishment leads to £1.5m ‘ambush’

5-Feb-2009
No employee trained on machine that killed Steven Allen, inquest told

4-Feb-2009
Carillion could be forced to wait to defend £21m claim

4-Feb-2009
Bovis Lend Lease wins £4m High Court claim

4-Feb-2009
Apprentices at risk during economic downturn

3-Feb-2009
Magnier hires investigators in bitter row with Laing O'Rourke

3-Feb-2009
UK facing legal action for failing to meet clean air standards

30-Jan-2009
SEC contacts 100 peers after Bill amendments pulled

30-Jan-2009
Saudi jobs are on offer despite credit crunch

29-Jan-2009
HSE calls on Poles to dob in rogue bosses

29-Jan-2009
Lord O'Neill withdraws proposed construction law ammendments

28-Jan-2009
More flak for deaths inquiry as MPs question HSE role

28-Jan-2009
Jailed director had ignored prohibition notices

28-Jan-2009
Eco town legal challenge fails

28-Jan-2009
Roofing boss jailed for manslaughter

27-Jan-2009
Manager fined after worker sustains serious leg injuries

27-Jan-2009
Oakdene Homes calls in the administrators

23-Jan-2009
IC Roofing director found guilty of manslaughter

23-Jan-2009
Roads fuel interest in Hoon masterplan

22-Jan-2009
Northern Ireland to select school builders individually

22-Jan-2009
Hundreds attend Boris Johnson's 'question time' on Heathrow plans

22-Jan-2009
Dearth of interest in ‘risky’ Blackwall Tunnel refurbs

22-Jan-2009
Eco-towns challenge launched in the High Court

22-Jan-2009
Beat the financial freeze

20-Jan-2009
Murphy’s £4m burst pipe claim fails

19-Jan-2009
Firm fined £3k over asbestos ignorance

19-Jan-2009
Arrested worker re-bailed over DLR death

19-Jan-2009
Tricon fined £10k after workers fall down lift shaft

19-Jan-2009
HCA appoints its final director

16-Jan-2009
REPORT: Economic crisis to drive sustainability

16-Jan-2009
Five directors admit guilt over £80m fraud case

16-Jan-2009
Imprisonment and larger fines a threat for firms from today

16-Jan-2009
Experts question impact of new laws on safety

15-Jan-2009
Welsh Assembly sue Morgan Est for £6.6m

14-Jan-2009
Court scraps second NI framework

14-Jan-2009
Contractor fined after young boy hospitalised

13-Jan-2009
Young worker dies after suffering burns

12-Jan-2009
Claims that Stewart Milne bullied contractor thrown out by courts

8-Jan-2009
Three firms, one director charged over fatal scaffold collapse

7-Jan-2009
Firm fined £5k after worker suffers partial paralysis

7-Jan-2009
New York rigging contractor charged with manslaughter

6-Jan-2009
Laing O'Rourke fined £90k after worker injured on Liverpool One

6-Jan-2009
IC Roofing boss failed to carry out risk assessment, court told

6-Jan-2009
Roofing boss to face court for manslaughter

5-Jan-2009
EU orders review on Aggregates Levy

23-Dec-2008
Contractor fined after customer left in coma

23-Dec-2008
Battle with Modus set to continue despite Balfour Beatty win

19-Dec-2008
John Magnier and Laing O'Rourke row deepens

19-Dec-2008
WEMBLEY CLAIM: Mott’s plan for iconic stadium ‘inadequate’, Multiplex demands

19-Dec-2008
Taylor Woodrow fined £200k over worker death

18-Dec-2008
WEMBLEY CLAIM: We want our legal costs back, says Multiplex

18-Dec-2008
BLOG: Multiplex v Mott MacDonald

18-Dec-2008
Govt: Construction legislation will help prepare for recovery

18-Dec-2008
Multiplex launches £253m Wembley stadium claim

18-Dec-2008
Council sue Carillion for £21m over Bath Spa

15-Dec-2008
EU directive will cut agency benefits

15-Dec-2008
Custodial sentence and community service for ignoring prohibition notice

12-Dec-2008
Court puts unregistered gas installer on three-year probation

12-Dec-2008
Guildford firm and tradesman fined £11,000 over worker fall

12-Dec-2008
Laing O'Rourke to battle Irish tycoon John Magnier over sour deal

11-Dec-2008
Balfour Beatty in payment fight over £100m Blackpool scheme

11-Dec-2008
Caught in the Construction Act: what new law means

11-Dec-2008
Rok loses Decent Homes dispute

10-Dec-2008
Company and director fined £35k over asbestos danger

10-Dec-2008
Anthony Wilson Homes fined £35k for worker leg loss

9-Dec-2008
Woolworths and LCH Contracts fined £140k over asbestos danger

9-Dec-2008
When to set up a project bank account

8-Dec-2008
Scaffolder sues Barratt for £1m including new shoes

8-Dec-2008
NI £650m schools framework in balance after High Court ruling setback

3-Dec-2008
OFT set to consider price-fixing alternatives

3-Dec-2008
Jacobs takes US architect to High Court over Qatar project dispute

2-Dec-2008
Be clear with other parties when objecting

2-Dec-2008
Cut the risk of costly disputes

2-Dec-2008
Five firms face criminal proceedings over Buncefield explosion

2-Dec-2008
Workmen bring 'unfair dismissal' case against F M Conway

1-Dec-2008
Wembley litigation pushes Cleveland Bridge into the red

1-Dec-2008
HSE to conduct North-west CDM blitz

26-Nov-2008
High Court raises hope of asbestos compensation

26-Nov-2008
The key issues the construction industry faces in 2009

17-Nov-2008
Crossrail legal team named

14-Nov-2008
Judgment shatters £800m Ulster framework deal

13-Nov-2008
When a client has second thoughts

10-Nov-2008
Legal bill row prompts yet more Wembley litigation

5-Nov-2008
Demolition Dismantling Services fined after worker fell through roof

5-Nov-2008
Bankrupt director jailed

3-Nov-2008
Arbitrator to rule in Kier row

30-Oct-2008
A quantum of solace for the construction industry

28-Oct-2008
Henry Brothers wins challenge to £650m Ulster framework award

28-Oct-2008
Health and safety Bill introduced

28-Oct-2008
Galliford Try fined after subbie injured in explosion

27-Oct-2008
Excavator driver fined over pedestrian death

24-Oct-2008
Network Rail accepts blame for Grayrigg rail crash

23-Oct-2008
Protest staged over use of foreign workers

23-Oct-2008
Construction lawyers gear up to handle downturn fallout

22-Oct-2008
Mitie fined £300k over fatal electrocution

22-Oct-2008
Campaigners hit out at HSE's Liverpool crane death decision

22-Oct-2008
Firms fined £30k for fall which left worker paralysed

21-Oct-2008
Asbestos firm to pay £40k for 'inadequate' surveys

20-Oct-2008
Is this a hard Act to follow?

20-Oct-2008
No HSE charges laid over Liverpool's fatal crane collapse

17-Oct-2008
Crossrail nears start on Tottenham Court Road works

17-Oct-2008
Why different rules apply in Dubai

16-Oct-2008
Arrested track workers cleared over Grayrigg crash

15-Oct-2008
Oakdene and ITV in £2.5m High Court battle

10-Oct-2008
Digger death on site owned by JCB chair's wife 'an accident'

9-Oct-2008
Blackwall Tunnel refurb row adjourned until April

9-Oct-2008
REACTION: Fraud office probe into Balfour Beatty

8-Oct-2008
HSE blitz: London shows 'worryingly low' standards

8-Oct-2008
North-east roofer fined for not protecting workers

7-Oct-2008
Coventry Airport expansion appeal thrown out of High Court

7-Oct-2008
Profit claim dismissed as 'unsound' - CBUK’s argument for £2 million quashed

2-Oct-2008
Developer to pay out £10k over CDM breaches

1-Oct-2008
Wembley saga continues as both sides prepare formal appeals

1-Oct-2008
Mr Justice Jackson: ‘Neither part has gained significant benefit’

1-Oct-2008
COURT BLOG: Wembley

1-Oct-2008
Adjudication

30-Sep-2008
Risk Management

30-Sep-2008
REACTION: Multiplex Vs CBUK

30-Sep-2008
Arrested asbestos removal company owner fined and banned

30-Sep-2008
Wembley Ruling: CBUK to pay Multiplex £8m

29-Sep-2008
Firms fined £67k after man crushed by truck

25-Sep-2008
Jackson loses legal battle

24-Sep-2008
Arrested director pleads guilty to seven asbestos breaches

23-Sep-2008
Man dies at site of new Scottish hydro plant

22-Sep-2008
Labour conference: Ucatt demands Govt overturn pleural plaques ruling

22-Sep-2008
Analysis: The Stormont tender ruling

18-Sep-2008
Bellway Homes fined after worker injured jumping from dumper

18-Sep-2008
Three firms facing fines over fatal NY crane collapse

17-Sep-2008
NI firm seek damages for unfair Stormont tender process

16-Sep-2008
Asbestos specialist arrested after a no-show in court

16-Sep-2008
Ignorance carries a high price tag

16-Sep-2008
O’Brien & McIntyre fined over chemical burns

11-Sep-2008
Industry’s main legal court sees disputes fall

10-Sep-2008
Amec and Leach fined £20,000 over crane topple

10-Sep-2008
Pleural plaques victims deserve compensation, says MSP

9-Sep-2008
Brookfield and subbie fined £40k over broken pelvis

9-Sep-2008
Firm fined after worker breaks pelvis

9-Sep-2008
Master the art of payment – get your Act together

8-Sep-2008
Man in court over manslaughter of construction worker

5-Sep-2008
Aram Resources fined £100k over quarry death

4-Sep-2008
Rogue trio jailed over £880k scam

4-Sep-2008
Keep the creditors happy

1-Sep-2008
Company and director fined over worker fall

1-Sep-2008
London site manager denies manslaughter over teen death

27-Aug-2008
Scotland looks to ‘equity fines’ to hit safety flouters

27-Aug-2008
A fine point can scupper adjudication

26-Aug-2008
Scottish Coal Company fined 400k after two workers crushed

26-Aug-2008
Director jailed for a year

22-Aug-2008
Law Blog: The wisdom of black-cabbies

13-Aug-2008
Law Blog: An Englishman, a Welshman and a Scotsman.

13-Aug-2008
Law Blog: So it’s Olympics time again

13-Aug-2008
Midlands firms fined £120k over worker death

8-Aug-2008
Two Essex firms fined £200,000 over asbestos breach

7-Aug-2008
Bankrupt tradesman who ripped off customers jailed

6-Aug-2008
Carillion fined £70k over fatal fall

5-Aug-2008
Man to pay £26k for unlicensed gas work

1-Aug-2008
Law Blog: What I did on my holiday

31-Jul-2008
Apollo Cradles fined after one dead, three injured

29-Jul-2008
A litigation-free dawn is just fighting talk

29-Jul-2008
Eco-towns may be 'unlawful', councils told

23-Jul-2008
Act changes speed suppliers’ cash

22-Jul-2008
Aggies industry gets fresh hope of overturning levy

22-Jul-2008
When to novate contracts

21-Jul-2008
Wates fined over carbon monoxide danger

21-Jul-2008
Worker 'lucky to be alive' after 4.5m plunge

18-Jul-2008
Cheshire Crane Hire fined for vehicle overturn

17-Jul-2008
Electrocuted worker had '20 to 30 minutes' CAT training

15-Jul-2008
Law Blog: Keep calm and carry on

15-Jul-2008
Wife of Liverpool crane victim angry after accident ruling

8-Jul-2008
Liverpool crane hit by winds, inquest told

8-Jul-2008
Firm fined £4k over electric shock

8-Jul-2008
Third parties take the strain off the cash flow in a dispute

8-Jul-2008
Council arm fined after trainee injures spine

7-Jul-2008
Rotherham developer fined for repeated safety breaches

2-Jul-2008
Lafarge fined £200k after worker loses ear

2-Jul-2008
Dead body found at building site

1-Jul-2008
O’Rourke cites four firms to face £20m legal row

25-Jun-2008
Inquest into builder death on school site

24-Jun-2008
Scaffolding boss jailed after ignoring HSE orders

23-Jun-2008
Construction manager 'tricked by bogus contessa'

19-Jun-2008
Fire destroys Glasgow construction site

19-Jun-2008
Firm fined after fall left worker partially deaf

19-Jun-2008
House builder fined £15k over employee fall

17-Jun-2008
Safety Bill set to clear Commons

13-Jun-2008
Flagship homes job hit by legal dispute

12-Jun-2008
Unexploded bomb stops Olympics job

11-Jun-2008
Carillion eyes hometown job

10-Jun-2008
CIOB: Local authorities power to tackle rogues

10-Jun-2008
NY chief crane inspector arrested over bribes

9-Jun-2008
Firm fined £25k for carpenter fall

9-Jun-2008
NIA submits nuclear approval bid

4-Jun-2008
Law Blog

3-Jun-2008
Asbestos compensation battle begins

3-Jun-2008
Firm to pay over £2k for teens lost finger

2-Jun-2008
Risky roofer nabbed by passing inspector

29-May-2008
CBUK: Don't blame us for failed fixed-price Wembley contract

29-May-2008
Slowdown threatens our inner cities

28-May-2008
Build-to-let will soothe housing woes

22-May-2008
Labourer jailed over luxury apartment scam

20-May-2008
Astra Plant convicted of two H&S breaches

20-May-2008
Redworth fined £10k over excavator incident

19-May-2008
Gleeson says targets still achieveable

19-May-2008
Surveyor fined for absestos breach

15-May-2008
Alcon director appears in court over manslaughter

14-May-2008
B of the Bang battle goes to court

13-May-2008
Redrow warns of rising cancellation rates

13-May-2008
Housing hits Galliford profits

13-May-2008
JB director fined over monoxide scare

12-May-2008
Website set up to report 'rogue customers'

12-May-2008
Firms fined £200k for fatal fall

9-May-2008
Inquest date for 2004 crane fall

9-May-2008
Prudential sues Lorne Stewart for £2m

8-May-2008
Does the tax punishment fit the crime?

7-May-2008
Roofing boss jailed for teenager's manslaughter

6-May-2008
Preventing disputes over plant

6-May-2008
English Partnerships looks to cut bid paperwork

6-May-2008
View our OFT webcast

1-May-2008
HSE faces inspector recruitment crisis

1-May-2008
Clients warned on OFT class action proposals

1-May-2008
Corus fined £170k for crane death

29-Apr-2008
A switch of service and employees

29-Apr-2008
Keep your eye on the small print

29-Apr-2008
Road schemes up for grabs

29-Apr-2008
Manual handling is the safety key

29-Apr-2008
Carlisle Glass fined after worker severs artery

28-Apr-2008
HSE issues warning to customers of convicted builder

28-Apr-2008
Meeres sues TfL over unpaid work

25-Apr-2008
Firm and foreman fined for worker injury

24-Apr-2008
Alcon director's manslaughter charge

24-Apr-2008
Quarry firm fined after worker hit by 30kg boulder

24-Apr-2008
Steel firm blames designs for Wembley delay

23-Apr-2008
‘You can’t draw a line between cover pricing and compensation’

23-Apr-2008
OFT apologises to supermarket giant – implications for construction

23-Apr-2008
New rules for employing migrants

22-Apr-2008
A case for fair treatment of bidders

22-Apr-2008
A bigger sting on bribery

22-Apr-2008
Six ways to stay above suspicion

22-Apr-2008
Multiplex: DLT and CBUK held Wembley 'to ransom'

22-Apr-2008
Willmott Dixon declares innocence

17-Apr-2008
Haymills says it 'does not tolerate cover-pricing'

17-Apr-2008
Clients told to keep working with accused firms

17-Apr-2008
OFT to publish names of 'bid rigging' firms

17-Apr-2008
Firm hauled before court for worker fall

16-Apr-2008
Roalco hauled before court over worker fall

16-Apr-2008
Why we must develop the Green Belt

16-Apr-2008
T5 delays may affect East Terminal work

16-Apr-2008
Firm fined £100k after crane load kills worker

15-Apr-2008
A friendlier future for building control

15-Apr-2008
Where’s this revised Act?

15-Apr-2008
Ipswich builder given manslaughter verdict

11-Apr-2008
Costain writ for defunct firm over waterworks

10-Apr-2008
A protocol that’s best not avoided

8-Apr-2008
ODA draws up contract dispute plan

7-Apr-2008
Credit crunch hits two key London jobs

3-Apr-2008
Good communication is key when applying for extensions of time

1-Apr-2008
Convictions could surge under new Corporate Manslaughter Act

1-Apr-2008
Waste not, want not

28-Mar-2008
Contractors face unlimited site waste fines

28-Mar-2008
Act for long-term business gain

25-Mar-2008
Murky plans to shut tax loophole

25-Mar-2008
What new law means for temp staff

25-Mar-2008
Scaffolding boss guilty of part in Trident fraud

20-Mar-2008
Wembley steel case over runs

19-Mar-2008
Preparing the ground for contracts

18-Mar-2008
A bill to beef up health and safety

18-Mar-2008
CBUK want Multiplex evidence thrown out

13-Mar-2008
Appeal lost on young employee death

13-Mar-2008
£253m How much Multiplex wants from Mott MacDonald

13-Mar-2008
Draw a clear line round design

11-Mar-2008
Contracts for partnership working

11-Mar-2008
Don’t put yourself in a legal bind

11-Mar-2008
Multiplex v CBUK saga returns to court

11-Mar-2008
Bypassing a bankrupt contractor

4-Mar-2008
A duty to check for legal status

4-Mar-2008
Legalities of a growing workforce

4-Mar-2008
Don’t fall prey to wildlife legislation

19-Feb-2008
Pull together to create competence

19-Feb-2008
When time really is of the essence

19-Feb-2008
A common clause for completion

12-Feb-2008
An open approach to corruption

12-Feb-2008
Construction recruiters get new code of practice

8-Feb-2008
The Revenue is starting to show its teeth over CIS compliance

5-Feb-2008
Court points the way on price reductions

5-Feb-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Why being upront with partners could save you from expense

29-Jan-2008
Community service is the new order

22-Jan-2008
No substitute for a proper contract

22-Jan-2008
Wembley steel ruling bodes well

9-Jan-2008
Robert McAlpine fined £40k over crane casualty

9-Jan-2008
How to ease the pressure after signing contracts under duress

8-Jan-2008
Upholding contracting standards

8-Jan-2008
£3m settlement after school asbestos ‘catastrophy’

3-Jan-2008
More buildability, less paperwork?

17-Dec-2007
How to get tender writing right

11-Dec-2007
Safe from the finger of suspicion

7-Dec-2007
A timely question of interpretation when racing the claims countdown

7-Dec-2007
Wembley concrete firm seeks £17m

28-Nov-2007
How the latest changes to holiday allowance will affect employers

27-Nov-2007
Fines warning for OFT investigation

27-Nov-2007
A taxing issue

26-Nov-2007
Puzzling the meaning of practical

26-Nov-2007
Help smokers to quit and avoid a fine

23-Nov-2007
Abas on preparing for new safety regulations

23-Nov-2007
High Court to shut down six contractors

22-Nov-2007
Giving notice of construction delays

21-Nov-2007
Fighting the threat of bankruptcy

21-Nov-2007
Taking an interest in late payments

21-Nov-2007
It’s time to kick the habit

20-Nov-2007
Businesses are being weighed down by burden of legislation

20-Nov-2007
Don’t leave site access up in the air

20-Nov-2007
Greater fines proposed for Corporate Manslaughter firms

15-Nov-2007
Contractors face £5m court battle over blaze at manor

15-Nov-2007
Why should bosses bear the blame?

9-Nov-2007
All on board from start to finish

9-Nov-2007
Why should bosses bear the blame?

9-Nov-2007
All on board from start to finish

9-Nov-2007
Dickinson Dees advises on streetlighting PFI

8-Nov-2007
Explore all the alternatives before you head for the courts

5-Nov-2007
When is an agreement a contract?

5-Nov-2007
Save trouble, get the contract right

1-Nov-2007
Govt plans to extend FOI to include PFI

1-Nov-2007
Act likely to drop off priority list

31-Oct-2007
Prepare now for London's tough emissions standards

30-Oct-2007
Claim costs for managers’ time

23-Oct-2007
Why should bosses bear the blame?

16-Oct-2007
How to extract profits from your firm in the most tax efficient way

15-Oct-2007
Ignorance is no defence on danger

15-Oct-2007
When winter weather halts work, how do contracts apportion risk?

15-Oct-2007
All on board from start to finish

15-Oct-2007
Take notice of extensions of time

15-Oct-2007
Developer faces legal action

12-Oct-2007
The snags in joint insurance

9-Oct-2007
Talk is cheap - not talking isn't

8-Oct-2007
Managing change

8-Oct-2007
Law Resources

8-Oct-2007
Act reform gets dismal response

8-Oct-2007
Take notice of liquidated damages

5-Oct-2007
Widening the safety net

4-Oct-2007
Employers responsible for workers fatigue

26-Sep-2007
Reforming adjudication

19-Sep-2007
How to keep children off site

18-Sep-2007
Viewpoint: Composite companies fight back

12-Sep-2007
A change is gonna’ come

7-Sep-2007
A blow against malpractice

7-Sep-2007
Help your workforce to quit smoking

6-Sep-2007
Retentions to top £600m by year end

6-Sep-2007
Gabem adviser warns of a tax status purge

5-Sep-2007

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