Safety campaign reaches membership milestone

Palmers Solicitors May 18, 2015

A campaign to cut the number of accidents involving construction HGVs colliding with pedestrians, cyclists and other road users has signed up its 100^th supporter. Read more

Brickie shortages cause concern

Palmers Solicitors May 18, 2015

A leading construction body has warned that increasing shortages of bricks and bricklayers could threaten future house building plans.

Council: We’re not giving up on defects

Palmers Solicitors May 18, 2015

A local authority has pledged to keep up the pressure against a civil engineering specialist over defects to a record-breaking travel route.

Firms fined after road worker loses arm

Palmers Solicitors April 15, 2015

Three construction firms have been ordered to pay a total of more than £400,000 in fines and costs after a man lost his arm during road resurfacing work.

Contracts updated for CDM

Palmers Solicitors April 15, 2015

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has issued amendment sheets for its JCT contracts 2011 in response to the new Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015), which took effect on 6 April.

Turban exemption extended

Palmers Solicitors April 15, 2015

The largest body representing Sikhs in the UK has welcomed a change in employment law allowing Sikhs to wear turbans instead of safety headgear in all workplaces, as well as on construction sites.

Free BIM measure released

Palmers Solicitors April 15, 2015

A leading international firm of designers, planners, engineers, and consultants has launched a new tool to help assess the maturity and success of Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation within projects.

Contracts soar in first quarter

Palmers Solicitors April 15, 2015

The UK construction industry has made a flying start to 2015, with new figures showing that contract awards in the first quarter were 47 per cent up on the same period last year.