Welcome to our autumn edition of the UK Construction Briefing in which we highlight a variety of issues affecting UK construction businesses.
If you would like more information on any of the issues raised below, please contact one of the team listed under Key Contacts.
You can find all our publications on the "insights" tab on our webpage: UK Construction team.
UK construction contract and procurement round-up
- Trant Engineering v. Mott MacDonald: The importance of contract drafting for BIM (Construction News, November 2017)
- Collateral warranties: key issues (published in Construction Law, August 2017)
- Do you know the full extent of your contractual obligations (and can you meet them)?
- Contracting parties can agree up front who will take the risk of concurrent delay
- Obligations in Construction Contracts
Resolving UK construction disputes
- Round-up of litigation and ADR procedure news for in-house lawyers
- Construction industry consultations under way
- Adjudication costs are not recoverable unless specifically agreed
Legal issues for those running UK construction businesses
- Snapshot of issues from our planning, health and safety, regulatory and employment law colleagues
- Health and safety – the need to go above and beyond
Dentons News
- Introducing our Scottish construction colleagues
- Introducing: Young Professionals in Construction (YPiC)
- Dentons launches in-house counsel consultancy
International Focus
- Projects and Construction Review: Qatar
- Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards – United Arab Emirates
- South Africa Construction, Infrastructure and PPP Newsletter - October edition
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