JCT Training Video Modules – Brush Up on Your JCT Contract Knowledge

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JCT Training Video Modules is the latest option available from JCT as part of its JCT Training initiative. The video modules provide a short introduction to the key elements of JCT contracts. They are convenient and useful for those wishing to refresh their knowledge of a particular aspect of a contract or familiarise themselves with a JCT contract for the first time. Available via the JCT Online Store, the videos can be purchased either individually, where a quick-reference guide on a particular aspect of a…

JCT Interviews…Robert Alflatt

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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. Robert Alflatt Member, JCT Council Member, JCT Drafting Sub-Committee Group…

JCT’s Young Professionals Group Launches New ‘JCTea’ Networking Initiative

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‘Let’s catch up over JCTea’ is an initiative developed by JCT’s Young Professionals Group (YPG), to promote networking and get to know new members by way of an informal monthly catch up. The scheme pairs up members who have signed up to take part each month at random for a short informal catch up of around 15-20 minutes. The idea behind the initiative is to introduce new members, get conversations flowing, learn about some of the different disciplines that make up YPG (and JCT) membership,…

JCT Interviews…Steve Wood

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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. Steve Wood member, JCT Council member, JCT Drafting Sub-Committee senior…

New – JCT Training Video Modules

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Cover the basics of JCT Contracts with our new Video Module series of JCT Training products – convenient and useful anytime you need to brush up on an aspect of a contract or familiarise yourself with a JCT contract for the first time. JCT Training Video Modules provide a short introduction to the key elements of JCT Contracts: The individual videos cover a particular aspect of the contract, full of useful information as a quick-reference guide and to refer to at a time convenient to…

Case Study: Manchester Jewish Museum

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A two-year project to restore a Grade II* Listed 19th century Synagogue and build a new extension adding a range of facilities, has delivered an upgrade to the Manchester Jewish Museum that puts the local community at its heart. With a complex mix of restoration, new build, and the installation of various specialist services, a JCT Standard Building Contract was the form of choice. An out-of-town trunk road surrounded by busy retail parks, storage warehouses, and builders’ merchants, seems an unlikely place for a museum….

Accelerating Modern Methods of Construction

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Graham Robinson and Nigel Blundell explore the challenges and opportunities around the procurement, contracting and on-site delivery of infrastructure projects using Modern Methods of Construction. The UK government is committed to using its position as the single largest construction client to support adoption of a more productive, efficient and sustainable business model within the UK construction sector which is a key aim in reaching the government’s goal of Net Zero by 2050. The government announced its commitment to Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) in the…

JCT YPG – Be Part of the Future of Construction

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Case Study: Museum of the Home

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The Museum of the Home (MotH) in Hoxton, London, is open after three years of redevelopment. The project included the renovation of a 300 year old almshouse and the creation of newly built elements to reimagine the visitor experience. The transformation was designed by Wright & Wright Architects and used a JCT Standard Building Contract. The original building that houses the MotH started life in the 18th Century as an almshouse. Its career as a museum began in 1914 when the almshouse was converted to…

Increasing Costs and Fluctuations Provisions

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Blog Author: Peter Hibberd Recently, the Bank of England governor claimed that his ex-chief economist’s view that inflation may reach 4% was alarmist and that we should not overreact to rising prices. Overreacting is one thing but making sensible provision is another. Fluctuations in labour and material prices in relation to construction projects can, and do, quickly erode a contractor’s margin. Over recent years, price inflation has been benign, which has led to those entering building contracts giving less consideration to its impact and to…