What can we learn from past economic recoveries? This was the question put to delegates by JCT Chair, Peter Hibberd, in his speech at the Scottish Building Contract Committee (SBCC) Annual Conference in Glasgow on 27th November.
JCT Chair, Peter Hibberd, has been presented with the ‘2014 Clare Edwards Award for contribution to construction law’; an award jointly sponsored by TeCSA, (the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association) and the Contractors Legal Group.
The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool has won the RIBA Stirling Prize for the best building of the year.
Barrister, arbitrator and columnist, Tony Bingham explained that the construction industry must ‘face reality’ and find a ‘common purpose’ in his JCT Povey Lecture, delivered on Thursday 13 November 2014.
Barrister, arbitrator and Building columnist, Tony Bingham, will give the JCT Povey Lecture on Thursday 13 November 2014, entitled “Let’s make friends with reality”.
“Creative Construction” is the topic for the JCT Student Essay Competition 2015, which is now open to all construction students registered with UK institutions.
The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has participated in a Japanese research project comparing current approaches to contractual arrangements in the Japanese construction industry with those across the globe.
Angelica Salas, of the University of Wolverhampton, has been named the winner of the JCT Student Essay Competition 2014, with her essay, “What could be done to simplify construction? Applying Lean thinking and BIM in construction”.
JCT will join celebrations to recognise the 50th anniversary of the Scottish Building Contract Committee (SBCC), by attending a reception at the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, Edinburgh, on 5th June 2014.
JCT Chair, Peter Hibberd, has responded to the Government’s draft guidelines on New Models of Construction Procurement, published by the Cabinet Office and Energy Reform Group in January.