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JCT Announces Release Schedule for 2024 Edition Consultancy and Pre-Construction Services Agreements

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JCT has announced that the 2024 Edition of the Consultancy and Pre-Construction Services Agreements will be released on 4 September 2024. The documents that will be included as part of the release are: Consultancy Agreement (Public Sector) 2024 (CA 2024) Pre-Construction Services Agreement (General Contractor) 2024 (PCSA 2024) Pre-Construction Services Agreement (Specialist) 2024 (PCSA/SP 2024) The documents will be available via the JCT online store, www.jctltd.co.uk. Customers will have instant access on 4 September via the JCT On Demand digital format, or through the JCT…

JCT Training: Autumn Course Dates Live, New JCT 2024 Video Modules Released

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JCT has announced the dates for the autumn 2024 series of training courses. The autumn series will feature two full-day in-person courses and two 3-hour webinar courses. Scheduled from September to November, the courses will focus on individual contract families from the JCT 2024 Edition of Contracts. The sessions to take place and the dates are as follows: In-person courses Thursday, 17 October 2024 JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2024 Thursday, 14 November 2024 JCT Design and Build Contract 2024 Online courses Wednesday, 25 September 2024…

JCT Announces Release Schedule for Standard Building Contract 2024

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JCT has announced that the 2024 Edition of the Standard Building Contract family will be released on 21 August 2024. The documents that will be included as part of the release are: Standard Building Contract With Quantities 2024 (SBC/Q 2024) Standard Building Contract Without Quantities 2024 (SBC/XQ 2024) Standard Building Contract With Approximate Quantities 2024 (SBC/AQ 2024) Standard Building Contract Guide 2024 (SBC/G 2024) Standard Building Contract With Quantities 2024 Tracked Change Document (SBC/Q 2024 Tracked) (hard copy only) Standard Building Contract Without Quantities 2024…

JCT 2024 Events – Updating the Industry

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Since the launch of the JCT 2024 Edition back in April, members have been involved in various online and in-person events to provide an update on the main themes and changes within the edition to the industry. JCT 2024 Online Launch Event The official launch event took place on 1st May, broadcast online in partnership with Building Magazine. Contributing speakers and their topics included Victoria Peckett (chair of JCT Drafting Sub-Committee (DSC) and partner at Clyde & Co LLP) – ‘Modernising and Streamlining’, John Riches…

JCT 2024 Edition – Available Products Update

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The following JCT 2024 contracts are now available via the JCT Online Store – access instantly online through JCT On Demand digital and via the JCT Construct digital subscription service, or purchase in hardcopy for delivery.   JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2024 Contract family includes: JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2024 (IC 2024) JCT Intermediate Building Contract with contractor’s design 2024 (ICD 2024) JCT Intermediate Building Contract Guide 2024 (IC/G 2024) JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2024 Tracked Change Document (IC 2024 Tracked)* JCT Intermediate Building Contract…

YPG Member Spotlight…John Bugg

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Full name: John Bugg Title or occupation: Trainee Quantity Surveyor How long have you been a YPG member: 4 months Professional Spotlight Tell us a bit about your background; what is your current role, and why did you decide on a career in the construction industry?  In 2020, I left my position as a Project Manager for an event traffic management contractor to go travelling for 2 years with my partner. During that period, I worked on construction sites in both the UK and Australia which…

Martin Luther King Adventure Playground Centre, Islington, London

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A new adventure playground building for a popular north-London children’s venue has been completed for Islington Council and site operator, Islington Play Association. Designed by Paper House Project, with CW Chelsea the main contractor, a JCT Intermediate Building Contract with contractor’s design was used to get the games back up and running. Martin Luther King Adventure Playground (MLK) has been at its current site since 1968, when its construction was partly funded by a grant from the Martin Luther King Foundation, and it was named…

JCT Announces Release Schedule for Intermediate Building Contract 2024

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JCT has announced that the 2024 Edition of the Intermediate Building Contract family will be released on 10 July 2024. The documents that will be included as part of the release are: Intermediate Building Contract 2024 (IC 2024) Intermediate Building Contract with contractor’s design 2024 (ICD 2024) Intermediate Building Contract Guide 2024 (IC/G 2024) Intermediate Building Contract 2024 Tracked Change Document (IC 2024 Tracked) (hardcopy only) Intermediate Building Contract with contractor’s design 2024 Tracked Change Document (ICD 2024 Tracked) (hardcopy only) Intermediate Sub-Contract Agreement 2024…

Construction Industry Celebrates Success of JCT 2024 Edition at Parliamentary Reception

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JCT members and guests from across the construction industry gathered to celebrate the success of JCT’s latest edition of contracts, JCT 2024, at its annual Construction Industry Parliamentary Reception, on Friday 7 June 2024. The JCT 2024 Edition launched back in April, when the first contract family from the suite, the Design and Build Contract 2024, was released. This was followed by the Minor Works Building Contract 2024, the Short Form of Sub-contract, Sub-subcontract, and the Model Administration Forms for both DB 2024 and MW…

JCT To Celebrate Launch of JCT 2024 Edition at Parliamentary Reception

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At its annual Construction Industry Parliamentary Reception JCT will be celebrating the launch of the latest edition of its contracts, JCT 2024, and saying thank you to some of the many people in the industry whose contribution has made it possible. JCT 2024 launched in April, with the release of the first contract family from the edition, the JCT Design and Build Contract. An Online Launch Event, which took place on 1 May, introduced contract users and the wider industry to the main changes within…