This week’s edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the introduction of the Small Business Protections Bill proposing major reforms to late payment and retention practices in construction, the Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026, amendments to the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023, the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Act 2026, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC)’s decision refusing permission to appeal and applications for a stay in Building Liability Order proceedings under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) (Crest v Ardmore), a Supreme Court appeal update concerning remediation contribution orders in Triathlon Homes v Stratford Village Development Partnership, a TCC decision on design responsibility, causation and mitigation in defective sports pitch claims (Hunts Contractors v Melton Town FC), HM Treasury proposals to reform judicial review for nationally significant infrastructure projects, publication of the TCC’s 2024–25 annual report, amendments to offshore habitats regulations relating to offshore wind compensatory measures, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) research on carbon sequestration technologies for the built environment, revised Construct Zero performance frameworks, and Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showing a rise in construction output for March 2026.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes as a case in which the TCC refused to award a successful claimant costs of its enforcement claim (Complete Ceiling v DE1), an announcement from the Welsh Government on its proposals for building safety reforms in Wales, launch of a second consultation by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) on the Climate Resilience Roadmap, publication of the Civil Justice Council (CJC)’s phase two report on its review of the Pre-Action Protocols (including the Pre-Action Protocol for Construction & Engineering disputes), and publication of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC)’s latest quarterly report on output in the construction sector.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the release of the 2024 editions of the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) Standard Building Contract suite, a case in which the Court of Appeal construed the termination provisions of a JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 (Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing), analysis of how the law of prescription applies to construction claims in Scots law, a High Court decision concerning a claim for unlawful means conspiracy (Takhar v Gracefield Developments), and publication of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC)’s latest update on activity in the construction sector.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) considered whether an employer and a contractor had entered into a formal construction contract (CLS v WLG Evans), the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) and the Solar Impulse Foundation and a webinar hosted by the FIDIC that will examine issues relating to investment for large-scale infrastructure.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the Supreme Court’s decision in Providence v Hexagon, which concerned the interpretation of the termination provisions of the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) Design and Build Contract 2016, a decision of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) on whether an employer’s assignee had a right to refer a dispute to adjudication (Paragon Group v FK Facades), publication of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)’s first Building Safety Newsletter, and an analysis of the proposed National Planning Policy Framework reforms.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the Supreme Court’s dismissal of all four grounds of appeal in a milestone building safety case (URS v BDW), the Welsh Government’s legislative programme for the final year of the current Senedd term, a case in the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) regarding security for costs where the court determined that the After the Event (ATE) insurance policy proposed by the claimant did not provide sufficient security due to potential issues around fraud, unclear policy wording, and risks related to termination of the underlying litigation funding agreement (Lloyds v Accor), the Great British Energy Act 2025 coming into force, and publication of the construction output for Q1 2025 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This week’s edition of Construction weekly highlights includes TCC decisions on escrow trigger clauses and arbitration stays (GMC v SEI) and on the consequences of ADR refusal and expert conduct in negligent design litigation (MJS v RPS), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) update to its IIA Navigator database to include at least 44 new international investment agreements, an SCC Arbitration Institute and Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) webinar on the role of AI in arbitrator selection, government responses to consultations on biodiversity net gain reforms for smaller schemes and nationally significant infrastructure projects alongside a further consultation on a brownfield exemption, publication of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO 14001:2026 environmental management systems standards, the launch by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) of a global coalition to align whole-life carbon reporting in the built environment, a UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) call for increased industry collaboration on sustainability, the opening of the government’s Structures Fund to support upgrades to ageing infrastructure, and publication of the government’s response to the Education Committee’s report on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) and the condition of the school estate in England.

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.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) considered applications to set aside service in a defective cladding case involving contribution claims, building liability orders, and liability for defective cladding products under section 149 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (HB and others v Sto), technical amendments to the building regulations in Wales, a case in which the Court of Session was required to determine the validity of a demand made under a performance bond (The Renaissance Club at Archerfield v BVB), a judgment of the TCC on whether an adjudicator had been entitled to find that neither party had proved its case (BDP v Cygnet), and an update to the New Engineering Contract (NEC)’s Option X29 (dealing with nature and climate change).

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) considered whether a Tomlin Order prevented the referral of a new claim to adjudication (Dawnvale v Hylgar), the passage of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, analysis of the EU’s agreed withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty, and publication of the Infrastructure Progress Review report for 2024 by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a Technology and Construction Court (TCC) decision in relation to damages under the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA 1972) and the ‘fit for habitation’ standard (Mallas v Persimmon Homes), the Building Safety Regulator (BSR)’s quarterly update on Gateway 2 building control approval applications; a TCC decision where the court refused enforcement of an adjudicator's decision on the basis that the claimant had made a false statement regarding a conflict of interest in its application for the appointment of an adjudicator (RNJM v Purpose Social Homes), guidance from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) warning of risks linked to AI use, an analysis of AI’s transformative role in international construction projects and related legal risks, a report from Madrid International Arbitration Center – Ibero-American Arbitration Center (CIAM-CIAR) Working Group on International Arbitration on Expert Determination, a TCC ruling upholding an automatic suspension in a procurement dispute (Involve v DWP), the Scottish Government’s consultation on the proposed revised financial thresholds under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, a call from the Construction Leadership Council (CLC)’s Material Supply Chain Group for government stimulus amid construction market decline and publication of the August 2025 construction output by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a Court of Appeal (CA) case in which the CA considered the meaning of ‘total cost’ in a contract for interior design services (Alebrahim v BM Design London Ltd), a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) found that the defendant building contractor was liable to the claimant homeowners for damages for defective works and losses consequent on termination (Struthers v Davies), the publication of a report by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on the use of technology in international arbitration, an update on the progress of the Building Safety Bill, and the publication by the New Engineering Contract (NEC) of a practice note on its secondary option (X22), ‘Early Contractor Involvement’.