As members will be aware, the Competition and Markets Authority has recently been investigating a number of cases of potential competition law breaches by firms in the construction sector. Most recently, their investigations resulted in the disqualification of two company directors of CPM group due to their involvement in a cartel. To raise the level
I’m sitting in a crane 100 feet above Kings Cross St Pancras station, carefully moving a component weighing a ton through a narrow gap between two buildings. I nudge the joystick right, the cab rotates and the load begins to move. I’m loading an air conditioning unit onto the top of the new Google offices.
The Cabinet Office and Geospatial Commission have announced that a digital map of underground pipes and cables is to be created, to help save lives and reduce the disruption caused when they are struck by mistake. It is estimated that the cost of accidental strikes on underground pipes and cables is £1.2 billion a year
A new report, commissioned by the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Transport (DfT) Bernadette Kelly and the Chief Executive of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Matthew Vickerstaff, has identified lessons to increase confidence that future transport, infrastructure and wider Government projects are delivered with confidence, predictability and control. Lessons from transport for the sponsorship
Leaders from across UK infrastructure are joining forces in 2019 to make an ambitious step change in the safety, health and wellbeing of everyone involved in major infrastructure projects in the UK. Over the next 12 months representatives from the industry’s major clients, contractors and supply chain have agreed to work together to tackle the
CECA is in the process of preparing a new generic form of CECA Sub-Contract to complement the existing Blue Forms which will continue to be maintained. Information about key features of the new form is available here. In short this generic form will have the same look and feel as the existing CECA sub-contract forms
The soft launch of a standard PQ this week is part of CECA’s ongoing work to make the procurement process easier for civil engineering contractors. Our research has shown that infrastructure procurement in the UK has reached crisis point with the public sector procurement process now the most expensive and one of the lengthiest in
The UK construction industry has taken a major step towards improved efficiency with the launch of the first phase of a new Pre-Qualification System. CECA and Build UK have announced the launch of the first phase of the new system, which is designed to reduce inefficiencies that are costing the construction industry up to £1
Businesses have been warned by the government that they must pay their suppliers on time or face being prevented from winning further Government contracts. More than 10,000 businesses have been warned by the Government that they must pay their suppliers on time or face being prevented from winning further Government contracts. Officials from the Cabinet
Andrew Stephenson MP has been announced as the new construction minister. The MP for Pendle in Lancashire has been given the brief after his predecessor Richard Harrington resigned last week, citing the threat of a no-deal Brexit. Stephenson, who was first elected as Conservative MP for Pendle in May 2010, has previously been a Government
