Decision over whether to file claims to be made this summer The NHS trust behind the Royal Liverpool Hospital will decide this summer whether to launch legal action against Carillion’s insurers and concrete subcontractor Heyrod Construction over the delays to the job. Carillion was main contractor on the scheme when it went under more than…
Day: March 31, 2020
Steel and brickwork trade bodies take stand on Covid 19 safety

Brickwork and constructional steelwork trade bodies are pledging to fight bullying main contractors during the Covid 19 crisis. The British Constructional Steelwork Association has armed firms with modified Safe Site Handover Certicates to include 2m self distancing rules Both the Association of Brickwork Contractors and the British Constructional Steelwork Association are backing their members to…
JCB joins ventilator production drive

JCB closed all of its UK factories as a result of the coronavirus crisis but now one of them in Uttoxeter is re-opening to join the national effort to manufacture ventilators. The digger maker was one of a host of manufacturers and engineering companies asked by the prime minister earlier this month to help plug…
COVID-19: Construction Dive’s daily news and resource tracker

The coronavirus pandemic, affecting every facet of life in the U.S., is generating unprecedented levels of uncertainty for the construction industry. The news is changing every day, and to help readers make sense of how the outbreak will impact their businesses, Construction Dive is tracking the daily headlines from around the web that matter most…
COVID-19: construction briefing – 30 March

The following briefing has been produced in collaboration between the Association for Consultancy & Engineering, Builders Merchant Federations, Build UK, Chartered Institute of Building, Civil Engineering Contractors Association, Construction Industry Council, Construction Plant-hire Association, Construction Products Association, Electrical Contractors Association, Federation of Master Builders, National Federation of Builders, and Institution of Civil Engineers, as part…