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October 1, 2015 / Chairman's Blog

Blog author: Richard Saxon, JCT Chairman Every country has a construction industry unique to itself. Members of each see their way of developing, designing, building and operating buildings as normal and other country’s ways as exotic. Mostly however, members don’t look outside their own construction culture. I have often thought that a good module for courses in professional education would be ‘International Comparative Construction’, teaching students to question how and why things are done the way they are at home. Japan, Germany, the USA, France…

JCT interviews…Roger Squire

October 1, 2015 / Interviews

In this series we shed 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. Roger Squire JCT Director, British Property Federation Limited After reading Land Economics at Cambridge, Roger worked in South Africa for 7…

Making building contracts work with BIM

October 1, 2015 / BIM, Contractual Issues

Blog authors: Tom Pemberton and Andrew Croft – Beale & Company Solicitors LLP Following the UK government’s well publicised plans to use Building Information Modelling (“BIM”) on all centrally procured public sector projects by April 2016 there has been a real increase in the use of BIM in both the private and public sector. In 2011, the JCT issued its Public Sector Supplement, including amendments facilitating the use of BIM. These amendments, and associated guidance issued by the JCT, were the earliest example of drafting…

Default Payment Notices – avoid ‘smash and grab’ adjudication

October 1, 2015 / Contractual Issues

Blog authors: David Savage and Andrew Keeley – Charles Russell Speechlys Recent case law has reduced the scope for unwary Employers to defeat ‘smash and grab’ adjudications. As you would expect, the payment terms in the 2011 JCT contracts comply with the statutory payment requirements imposed on the construction industry by the Government. It is increasingly important to understand and strictly comply with these payment terms. For example, under a JCT Design and Build Contract 2011: If a Payment Notice is not given by the…

Integrated Project Insurance – collaboration is the name of the game

October 1, 2015 / Contractual Issues

Blog author: Kim Vernau – CEO, BLP Insurance When something goes wrong in a construction project, the first question that usually gets asked is, “Whose fault is it?”. The contractor may blame the architect for a design defect by submitting incomplete drawings. The architect may blame the contractor for failing to control their subcontractors. The contractor may blame the professional consultant for failing to properly supervise the works and suppliers. The consultant may blame the employer for late payment of fees. So whose insurance policy…

£1,000 for construction students in JCT’s Student Competition

September 10, 2015 / Education, Skills and Students, Press Releases

JCT has launched its 2016 competition for construction students, with a winning prize of £1,000 and runner-up prizes of £250 to be won.

JCT to brief Danish Construction Contract Committee

August 21, 2015 / Press Releases

JCT chair, Richard Saxon CBE, will give a presentation today (26 August 2015) to the AB-Committee, a group under the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building, tasked with updating Danish standard construction contracts and improving productivity and efficiency in the Danish construction industry.