Tomorrow Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set out the first Budget delivered by the party since Alistair Darling’s Spring 2010 speech. Back then the Government talked about setting up a national infrastructure framework alongside the launch of a review to drive down the cost of infrastructure. It is a measure of how things move in Whitehall
Civils contractors today welcomed the confirmation of the planned creation of a National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) by saying its foundation must herald a new era for UK infrastructure that prioritises rapid project delivery. Speaking at the London headquarters of CECA member Skanska, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP announced that
Civils contractors today said that reports that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is to tweak the UK Government’s fiscal rules to boost investment in infrastructure is a ‘logical’ step towards delivering sustainable economic growth. It has been reported that Rachel Reeves is considering making changes to the UK Government’s fiscal rules ahead of this month’s
Civil engineering contractors have been left disappointed by the Government’s decision to push back the decision on whether to go ahead with the Lower Thames Crossing. When built, the Lower Thames Crossing will alleviate heavy congestion from the Kent section of the M25, boosting local economic growth and in turn, supporting the development of much
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Starting with the obvious question, why would a disputes lawyer support a pledge to avoid and reduce disputes, is this turkey really voting for Christmas? The reality, however, is that dispute lawyers have been advising clients about ADR and other ways to reduce the impact of disputes. Making people aware of the pledge serves the
The Conflict Avoidance Pledge was conceived in 2017 at a meeting jointly arranged by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Civil Engineers. Senior executives and members from RICS and the ICE, along with representatives of four other professional bodies and two major infrastructure employers attended the meeting and formed a coalition.
The UK construction industry’s largest safety stand-down campaign is to place the diabetes safety impact on the sector at the forefront of its 2024 campaign. The Stop. Make a Change (SMAC) campaign, which will roll out between 7-18 October, will focus on diabetes safety and practical steps employers and employees must be aware of to
It is a pretty gloomy construction industry in the UK, at present, and one chink of light has seen growing support for the Conflict Avoidance Process – CAP. This is an early intervention process in construction and engineering projects to ensure that issues that are emerging are resolved by the parties involved, without recourse to
