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Wilton’s Music Hall

/ Case Studies

A JCT Standard Building Contract was behind the curtain at Wilton’s Music Hall – a conservation project of such sensitivity that the works behind the scenes were vital to keeping this piece of East End history as authentic as possible… For local Stepney residents, and the wider theatre-going community, Wilton’s Music Hall is a treasure – one of only very few purpose-built music halls, built in London from the 1830s, to have survived in anything like its original form. Since its reopening as a concert…

JCT Interviews…Justin Perry

/ Interviews

In this series we shed some light on some of the key people who are involved with or give their time to support JCT, to ensure that all areas of the construction industry are represented and can contribute to the development of our contracts. We will look at how our interviewees contribute to JCT specifically, and gain their views on JCT’s wider role within the industry. Justin Perry JCT Director, NSCC JCT Council Member Member of the JCT Payment Review Working Group Justin Perry is an independent construction consultant specialising in providing contractual and…

Does a failure to sign mean you’re off the hook?

/ Contractual Issues

Blog authors: Marc Hanson and Helena Savva – BLP Law JCT forms include comprehensive guidance on execution, in addition to standard provisions allowing the parties to execute the contract under hand or as a deed. However, what they do not include are terms providing that the contract will not be binding unless both parties execute it. So, what if the parties amend their JCT form to include such a term and then one party doesn’t sign? Surely, the answer must be that the contract won’t…

JCT 2016: Minor Works suite published

/ JCT 2016 Edition

Blog authors: Karen Clarke and Christopher Dickson – CMS Cameron McKenna The JCT launched its much awaited new suite of building contracts with the publication of its revised Minor Works family. The Minor Works building contracts (with options for contractor design or not) and a form of sub-contract that can be used in conjunction with the main form (also making provision for sub-contractor design) together constitute the first three agreements in the JCT’s new 2016 edition (“JCT 2016”). The 2016 editions of the remaining agreements…

JCT Student Competition 2017

/ Education, Skills and Students

JCT’s annual student competition will be running for 2017, opening in October 2016 and closing in March 2017. Once again, the overall winner’s prize will be £1,000, with two runner-up prizes of £250 also available. Following the success of last year’s competition, this year’s competition will continue the same focus on creativity and innovation. In recognising the different learning requirements of construction courses and disciplines, the competition will be open to receiving entries in a variety of media, including video, photography, photographic essay, drawings or designs, written essays, articles or any other creative format. However they present…

An Ill Wind?

/ Chairman's Blog

Blog author: Richard Saxon CBE, JCT Chairman Britain has a massive, long-term housing problem, with market-driven supply not nearly equalling demand and major skill shortages preventing any increase in that supply in the short term. The country also has a set of policies in place which hamper alternatives from making a contribution by seeing home-ownership as the people’s ideal. It may be the aspiration of the majority but it’s an impracticable one: home ownership rates are falling. But now we have another national crisis to…

JCT launches Design and Build Contract 2016

/ JCT 2016 Edition, Press Releases

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has launched the Design and Build Contract family as part of the release of its 2016 Edition of contracts. Design and Build 2016 contracts are available to purchase at JCT’s online store (www.jctltd.co.uk). The 2016 Edition of the Design and Build Contract family includes: Design and Build Contract (DB) Design and Build Contract Guide (DB/G) Design and Build Sub-Contract Agreement (DBSub/A) Design and Build Sub-Contract Conditions (DBSub/C) Design and Build Sub-Contract Guide (DBSub/G) Design and Build Contract (DB) Tracked Change…

JCT Design and Build 2016: out now!

/ JCT Network

The JCT 2016 Edition Design and Build Contract family is now available via our online store. All JCT online store customers will be able to purchase the 2016 Edition Design and Build Contract, with next working day delivery service available for UK customers who order before 2:00pm. What contracts can I buy? Design and Build Contract (DB) Design and Build Contract Guide (DB/G) Design and Build Sub-Contract Agreement (DBSub/A) Design and Build Sub-Contract Conditions (DBSub/C) Design and Build Sub-Contract Guide (DBSub/G) Design and Build (DB)…

Harlech Castle

/ Case Studies

Any building project has its unique complexities and a project which includes renovation and refurbishment, new-build construction, and the implementation of a variety of sustainable and energy saving techniques, is no exception. But in the case of Harlech Castle in Gwenedd, Wales, the former had to be achieved in a building, next to a scheduled ancient monument, on a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in a conservation area on the edge of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), within a National Park. A JCT Standard…

Standard Bearer

/ Chairman's Blog, Interviews

Richard Saxon, chair of the Joint Contracts Tribunal, speaks to Building legal columnist Francis Ho about new kinds of contracts, the competition, and where he thinks the industry is heading… The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) is the UK’s leading provider of standard form construction contracts. As it launches its 2016 editions, we sat down with its chair, Richard Saxon, to discuss some of the big issues facing the organisation and the wider construction industry. Here’s what he had to say … On his role and objectives… I chair the meetings of the JCT…