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Take a look at our blog articles, webinars, and recordings of #ConstructionCast – the discussion forum we started with the arrival of COVID-19…
Construction Dispute Funding – Construction Cast
This week we took a look at construction dispute funding by third parties. Annie joined Andrew Roberts of Augusta Ventures, James Drayton of Raven Group, and Khushboo Shadhadpuri of Al Tamimi and Company. Watch the video or take a look at our brief write-up below. ...
Annie’s Brush With The Law…
Jury duty during covid – my experience at the Royal Courts of Justice What it was like doing jury service at the nightingale courts? At the end of 2020, I received that letter that people are either looking forward to or dreading. Jury summons. When you tell people...
Construction Cast: Infrastructure, Risk and Rail
We took a fascinating journey this week into the world of infrastructure, risk and rail. Panellists included Gareth Dennis - Author and rail engineer, Rebecca Gabriel – head of risk at HS2, Raj Sanghera of Homes England, and Martin Burns, the head of alternative...
H is for… HGCRA 1996 – The Construction Act
H Is For…Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. Snappy title this month. Don’t worry you’ll be forgiven if it doesn’t sound like the most exciting article on the blog. Despite the title, this Act is possibly one of the most important in the world of...
Construction Cast Series 2, Episode 5: Variations
This week featured the ever-contentious subject of variations in construction contracts, hosted by Annie. You can take a look at the video recording below, or read our detailed write-up. Andy Hewitt of HDP opened the discussions. He notes there are fundamentally three...
Websites, websites…
Websites websites… Websites and website design are a funny thing. There are now approximately 1.1 billion websites in the world. So, you’ve quite a lot of competition if you want your site to be seen. Back in the ‘good old days’, people would code and design their own...
Construction Cast Series 2, Episode 4 – The Future…
This ConstructionCast came at the middle of an interesting week. As we continued lockdown in England, the USA gained a new President (even if the old one refused to believe it). We also had the exciting news that there might be a vaccine for COVID-19 sooner than we...
Buzzwords, ticks and clichés…
The first in a series of articles about effective writing for businesses and organisations, used with kind permission from Rod Sweet. Rod is a brilliant writer and construction journalist we've known for many years. He, like us, has a 'thing' about good writing and...
ConstructionCast – Corporate Social Responsibility
What is CSR and Why Bother? This week we looked at CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility. We were joined by Bob Nightingale MBE, Head of Fundraising for The London Legal Support Trust. Bob is one of the founders of LLST, which you may be familiar with if you have ever...