Sarah Evans, Senior Associate Construction, Real Estate and Disputes Construction Engineering & Projects, CharlesRussell Speechlys details the latest legal advice for the industry in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the Government-imposed lockdown due to the Covid-19 crisis on 23 March 2020, we have experienced unprecedented times. We are now...
The Constructing Excellence Surrey Club (CESC) held their first virtual event on Thursday 14 May with futurologist Heather Bewers. An apt topic for the current time, Heather took delegates through a fascinating presentation titled “And not or” about the potential futures for the construction sector....
Housebuilders will be able to keep construction sites open until at least 9pm, six days a week in residential areas in order to keep building during the coronavirus pandemic. Housing secretary Robert Jenrick issued a ministerial statement yesterday which instructed local authorities to permit requests to...
Legal & General’s urban retirement housing company Guild Living has submitted a planning application for a 193-unit site in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. The scheme would include a wellness centre and a public gym, which will be open to the public. Eugene Marchese, founder and design and innovation director...
A 12-month contract worth c.£40m has been awarded to Kier Highways to continue providing highways maintenance works to Surrey County Council. The contract started in 2011 and, in 2017, Kier secured a four-year extension that will run until April 2021 which is when the 12-month contract...
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has called on the government to continue to support construction, following news that buyers reported the biggest fall in activity on record in April. The IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index fell from 39.3 in March to 8.2 in...
Boris Johnson says construction workers should be ‘actively encouraged’ to go to work In an address to the nation, the prime minister said construction was one of those sectors that should go back to work seven weeks after he brought in the lockdown. He said: “We now...
The UK Government has offered its support to the construction industry, by outlining its expectations from businesses as they manage and enforce B2B contracts during the COVID-19 emergency. There is a real concern that the construction industry will become embroiled in costly and long-running disputes over...
As the Government begins to announce the ease of social distancing restrictions amid the continued COVID-19 outbreak, both landlords and tenants will be considering what steps they need to take to enable their business, or that of their tenants, to return to normal. Vail Williams property...
Savills has held a webinar looking at ‘What Covid-19 means for the UK residential market’, hosted by Justin Marking, Head of Global Residential, Savills with Head of Residential Research, Lucian Cook, discussing the impact of Covid-19 on market activity, prices and transactions along with other...