Changing our Industry: Three Horizons, Four Capitals

/ Sustainability

Blog Author: Richard Saxon CBE “How very little, since things were made, has anything altered in the building trade”. Rudyard Kipling A generation has passed since the excitement of the 1990s as first Latham and then Egan called for radical change in the construction industry. Initiatives seemed to pour out of both government and the industry, yet here we are in 2023 with an industry which seems much the same, racked by cost pressures, defensive, risky, unsustainable and unattractive to the workforce that it needs….

Wraxall Yard, Dorest

/ Case Studies

A restoration and retrofit project, on an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in West Dorset, provides holiday accommodation and facilities specifically for people living with disabilities. The Wraxall Yard project used a JCT Standard Building Contract. Wraxall Yard is a project developed by Clementine Blakemore Architects for client, Wraxall Yard CIC. It is a restoration and retrofit scheme which upgraded a site of derelict farm and agricultural buildings to provide bespoke, supported, self-catered holiday facilities for local people living with disabilities. The buildings are located…

JCT Launches Contract Administration Forms for Minor Works and Home Owner Contracts

/ JCT Product Updates

JCT announced the release of a new series of contract administration model forms for use with the JCT Home Owner and Minor Works Building Contract families. The new products available are: MW and MWD 2016 Admin Contract Administration Model Forms For use with the Minor Works Building Contract 2016 (MW 2016) and Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design 2016 (MWD 2016)  HO/B 2021 Admin Contract Administration Model Forms For use with the Building contract for a home owner/occupier who has not appointed a consultant…

JCT Interviews…Euan Geddes

/ Interviews

JCT INTERVIEWS…EUAN GEDDES In the JCT Interviews… series we shine the spotlight on some of the key people who are involved with or give their time to support JCT, showing the diverse range of disciplines across the construction industry that our members represent and the collaborative work that contributes to the development of our contracts. We look at how our interviewees contribute to JCT specifically and gain their views on the wider industry and JCT’s role within it. Euan Geddes Member, JCT Council and Board…

JCT Education & Training Video Released

/ Education, Skills and Students, JCT Network, JCT Product Updates, JCT Young Professionals Group

Find out how we are helping construction professionals at each stage of their career on the JCT website and YouTube channel: https://corporate.jctltd.co.uk/initiatives/education-students/ JCT has launched a new education and training video to explain the role we play, beyond the production of the JCT contract suite, in supporting construction professionals, students, and education providers to learn about the contract process and foster best practice in their use. The video highlights our history of excellence in the production of standard form contracts and recognises our role in ensuring that construction professionals can…

Yoga Studio, The Newt in Somerset

/ Case Studies

The Yoga Studio is the latest of three buildings at The Newt in Somerset hotel, designed by architects, Invisible Studio. Displaying the architect’s reputation for innovative and unusual design, the building was constructed on a JCT Intermediate Building Contract. The Newt in Somerset’s new Yoga Studio joins a recently installed gym and lakeside apiary (known as the Beezantium) created for the hotel by Invisible Studio, the architects founded by Dr Piers Taylor, co-presenter of BBC series The House That £100k Built and The World’s Most…

JCT Interviews…Karyn Watt

/ Interviews

In the JCT Interviews… series we shine the spotlight on some of the key people who are involved with or give their time to support JCT, showing the diverse range of disciplines across the construction industry that our members represent and the collaborative work that contributes to the development of our contracts. We look at how our interviewees contribute to JCT specifically and gain their views on the wider industry and JCT’s role within it. Karyn Watt member, JCT Council and JCT Drafting Sub-Committee vice…

JCT Training – Spring 2023

/ Education, Skills and Students, JCT Network, JCT Product Updates

New courses added for February, March and April – book your place on one of our full-day, in-person courses today. Visit www.jctltd.co.uk/jct-training. The latest batch of JCT Training courses for the Spring 2023 season are now available to book. See below for details of the following courses: JCT Contracts 2016 – The Legal Perspective Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2023 Venue:JCT Offices, 4th Floor, 28 Ely Place, London, EC1N 6TD Time: 10.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. (lunch and refreshments provided) Host: Victoria Peckett, chair, JCT Drafting…

JCT Training: New Video Module

/ Education, Skills and Students

A brand new course is now available as part of our JCT Training Video Modules series: Which JCT Contract is best for your project? Presented by Peter Hibberd, JCT past chair, this new indispensable series of video modules provides a wealth of information to assist in making the correct choice of JCT contract for a construction project. The individual video modules that make up the series are as follows: When is the time to decide the contract form? Procurement routes and the factors that determine…

UK Construction & Engineering Projects – What Can I Do To Avoid Disputes?

/ Contractual Issues, JCT Young Professionals Group

Blog Author: Tom Hawkins – Director, FTI Consulting   Tom Hawkins is a Chartered Construction Manager and Quantity Surveyor who has over 14 years’ experience in the construction and engineering industry. He initially obtained his experience working for a national UK main contractor prior to moving into consultancy roles where he currently provides Quantum Expert Witness & Dispute Resolution services worldwide for FTI Consulting. He has experience regularly providing commercial management strategies & advice which includes services as part of dispute avoidance and resolution proceedings….