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Construction weekly highlights—18 June 2020

Construction weekly highlights—18 June 2020

Published on: 18 June 2020

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Construction weekly highlights—18 June 2020
In this issue:
Disputes
Adjudication—insolvency
BIM
UK BIM Framework Information Protocol
Projects
National Infrastructure and Construction Procurement Pipeline
Design
Design life

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Fire safety
Removal of unsafe cladding
Brexit
Transition period
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This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bresco v Lonsdale that an injunction should not have been granted to restrain an adjudication brought by a party in liquidation, an analysis of the new UK BIM Framework Information Protocol and the publication of a new National Infrastructure and Construction Procurement Pipeline. Sign in or take a trial to read the full analysis.

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