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Construction weekly highlights—23 January 2025

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Published on: 23 January 2025

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Table of contents

JCT contracts
JCT 2024 contracts—good faith in practice
Payment in construction contracts
Fair Payment Code—what is it and what does it mean?
Building safety
Build UK issues statement on BS 9991:2024 publication
RIBA response to Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report
BPF publishes blog post on Building Safety Levy
Projects
IPA publishes 2023–24 annual report on GMPP

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Article summary

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes an analysis of the ‘good faith’ obligation in the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT)’s 2024 contracts, commentary on the Fair Payment Code which aims to address the issue of late payment of smaller businesses’ invoices, a statement from Build UK clarifying the applicability of BS 9991:2024 in relation to higher-risk buildings, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)’s formal response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report, and commentary from the British Property Federation (BPF)’s on the Building Safety Levy.

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