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Construction weekly highlights—28 January 2021

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Published on: 28 January 2021

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Table of contents

Disputes
Litigation—cross-undertakings for damages
Consultants on construction projects
Amendments to Architects Act 1997—RIBA survey results
Building safety
Construction Products Association—consultation
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
AECOM report—slump in Northern Ireland construction
London Circuit Commercial Court—hearing dates for 2021
Additional Construction news items this week

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Article summary

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case from the Court of Appeal on the use of cross-undertakings as a condition for ordering security of costs, the results of a survey carried out by RIBA in relation to the amendments to the Architects Act, a consultation on the new Code for Construction Product Information, a report on the effect of the coronavirus on construction in Northern Ireland and the announcement of a new collaboration agreement between FIDIC and the International Federation of Asian and Western Pacific Contractors Associations.

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