This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the Court of Appeal (CoAs)’s decision in relation to NHBC Buildmark Choice policies confirming that the cause of action accrues when the insured party ‘has to pay more’ to complete the building work as a result of contractor insolvency (National House Building Council v Peabody Trust), Construction Leadership Council (CLC) guidance on Building Control Approval Applications for new higher-risk buildings, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) guidance on the Building Safety Levy, MHCLG’s announcement of legal deadlines for landlords to remediate unsafe cladding in social housing, a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) consultation on it updated cladding valuation standard, a British Standards Institution (BSI) consultation on a new code of practice for bringing safe construction products to the market, a Technology and Construction Court (TCC) decision enforcing an adjudicator’s decision to award the responding party in the adjudication the notified sum (VMA Services v Project One), a CoA decision providing guidance on "costs directly incurred" in a waste management project agreement (Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Ltd), an update on the status of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill together with updated guidance from MHCLG on the same, the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA)’s interactive Infrastructure Pipeline tool, and publication of the Welsh Government’s circular on updated building control profession standards and codes.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a statement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and Building Safety Regulator (BSR) on the classification of higher-risk buildings following a recent case, analyses of the Joint Contracts Tribunal’s (JCT) 2024 editions of its Major Project, Constructing Excellence, and Prime Cost Building contracts, a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) considered whether to restrain a developer from continuing with and issuing further adjudications against a contractor, and another case in which the TCC dismissed a contractor’s attempt to limit its contractual design responsibility.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a response to the consultation on the Scottish Building Safety Levy published by HM Treasury (HMT), a provisional ‘go-live’ date for the new procurement regime announced by the Government Commercial Function (GCF), and the latest future trends survey published by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes an update on the Building Safety Levy consultation published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), further provisions of the Procurement Act 2023 coming into force and an agreement signed by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) to aid in the reconstruction of Ukraine.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the responses of several built environment industry bodies to the King’s Speech 2024, a case in which the Court of Appeal confirmed that the ‘Mackay v Dick Principle’ (relating to prevention of contractual performance) forms part of English law (King Crude Carriers v Ridgebury), a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) highlighted that claims brought under Part 8 must not involve substantial disputes of fact (ISG Retail Ltd v FK Construction Ltd), an update on the status of the Arbitration Bill after being put on hold prior to the general election, and the publication of three new guidance documents in relation to the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) by the Cabinet Office.

This week’s edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) quantified a construction product manufacturer’s liability in contribution to a contractor, in a case where the contractor had obtained a building liability order against the manufacturer’s parent company (Mulalley v Sto), guidance from the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) on competence management in building safety and passive fire protection, guidance from the Welsh Government on higher-risk buildings and new building control requirements in Wales, commentary on managing insolvency risks in construction supply chains, analysis of arbitration decisions from the first half of 2026, regulations governing prioritisation of conservation measures in Environmental Delivery Plans (EDPs), and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) guidance on reviewing and amending National Policy Statements (NPSs) following the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (PIA 2025).

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a guide to the key provisions of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill, updated guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on building inspectors, the American Arbitration Association—International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA-ICDR)’s plans to launch an AI arbitrator for documents-only construction disputes, the Scottish Government’s consultation on the challenges in accessing the housing infrastructure finance and the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)’s appointment of its new president and board.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes two consultations on construction products launched by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) alongside the annual report on the Phase 2 recommendations of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, an analysis of the Building Safety Regulator (Establishment of New Body and Transfer of Functions etc) Regulations 2026, the British Standards Institution (BSI) launching a consultation on draft fire safety standards, a Court of Appeal decision on settlement agreements (Sahara Energy Resource Ltd v Societe Nationale de Raffinage SA (SONARA)), a Technology and Construction Court (TCC) decision ordering a split trial in a modular student housing fire defects case where the BSR had rejected the proposed remedial scheme (GS Woodland Court GP 1 Ltd and another company v GS Woodland Court GP 2 Ltd and other companies), a TCC decision refusing strike-out following a false barrister claim (Kevin Demirci Properties Ltd v Huw Griffiths Architects Ltd), a High Court ruling on not enjoining a Bank from paying under performance bond (CR Construction v Barclays), and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) announcing usability research on accessibility of Payment Practices Reporting Service.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the release of the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) Target Cost Contract family, a House of Lords consultation on whether the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has the necessary skills and resources to ensure the safety of all buildings, the Welsh Government’s publication of circular letter WGC 004/2025 amending the Building Regulations 2010, analysis of a Technology and Construction Court (TCC) case regarding the validity of a payment notice (1st Formations v Lapp), a King’s Bench case in which the court considered whether a highly critical online review of the claimant’s work were defamatory (Johnson v Helm), the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT)’s updated practice notes on contract selection and Building Information Modelling (BIM), updated guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023), the Construction Industry Training Board’s proposed levy on employers in the construction industry and the Architects Registration Board (ARB)’s new Architects Code of Conduct and Practice.

This week’s edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a Scottish Government guidance on verifying cladding remediation building warrant applications, a Department for Business and Trade (DBT) response outlining proposed legislative measures to address late payments including a ban on retention payments, the Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2026, publication of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) response to consultation on the Future Homes and Buildings Standards, the Infrastructure Consent (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026, an MHCLG consultation on requiring local planning authorities to consult the Secretary of State on certain planning decisions, a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment (APPGEBE) recommending mandatory design reviews and planning reforms, and publication by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) of England’s first Land Use Framework, publication by the Scottish Government of its consultation analysis on Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 thresholds, the London Court of International Arbitration’s (LCIA) consultation on revisions to its arbitration and mediation rules, a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) consultation on proposals to merge the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), selection of Liverpool as the first pilot region for the Industrialising and Digitalising Construction challenge, MHCLG proposals for seven new towns as part of a major housebuilding programme, and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) global standard on responsible AI use in surveying practice coming into force.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a two-part analysis of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s phase 2 report, a consultation launched by the Scottish Government on the proposed Building Safety Levy, a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) considered whether it could revise an adjudicator’s decision on liability for his fees (A&V Building Solution v J&B Hopkins), and an announcement from Construction Industry Council (CIC) of the publication of a report by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and the Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS) focusing on addressing the housing crisis.

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes analysis of a Technology and Construction Court (TCC) decision on jurisdictional and natural justice challenges to adjudication enforcement (Westgreen v Kiryukhina), an SBCC errata sheet for its 2024 Minor Works contract, a Welsh Government consultation on revising the National Development Framework (NDF), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) proposals for new mayoral planning powers in England, new MHCLG guidance on section 106 affordable housing delivery, the Scottish Government's response to its consultation on accelerating home-building, and MHCLG's allocation of £9.58bn under the first phase of the Social and Affordable Homes Programme.