Construction
The Week That Was - 24 June 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 17 June 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 10 June 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 1 June 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 27 May 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 20 May 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 13 May 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 6 May 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 29 April 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 22 April 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreEWS1 update
A joint statement made by The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ('RICS') and six major lenders has clarified the position of the lender and valuation industries with regard to fire safety remedial works and mortgage lending.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 8 April 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 1 April 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreRICS Article Series – Article 2
In this series of articles, we explain the procedure for disciplinary investigations against chartered surveyors.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 25 March 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 18 March 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreValuers receive further clarity on External Walling Reviews
As reported in our previous post, December 2019 saw the launch of a new form, the EWS1, (External Wall System 1 form) to assist with the process of valuing properties within residential buildings. The main purpose of the form remains to simplify the process of determining whether works are required to a property in a multi-storey, multi-occupancy residential block, and to what extent any works may impact a property's value.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 11 March 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 4 March 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 25 February 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreRICS PII market consultation – Is the feeling mutual? Have your say
When WW1 ended, Britain started rebuilding. The Prime Minister of the day, Lloyd George, launched a campaign to build 'homes for heroes', due to concern over poor housing standards. Mass construction ensued with a new form of 'social housing' created, as well as growth in the private sector. As the housing sector developed, in 1921 the governing body for many surveyors, then known as the Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute (CAEAI), but what is now known as the RICS, introduced a requirement for its members to have professional indemnity insurance with various Lloyd's syndicates.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 18 February 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreRICS Article Series – Article 1
In this series of articles, we explain the procedure for disciplinary investigations against chartered surveyors.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 11 February 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreStill Knot so Weedy: RICS issues new guidance on Japanese Knotweed following consultation
The RICS has published its new guidance on Japanese Knotweed, following a period of consultation last summer.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 4 February 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe scope of a valuer's duty post Manchester Building Society and Khan – the Privy Court's view
In Charles B Lawrence & Associates v Intercommercial Bank Ltd (Trinidad and Tobago) [2021] UKPC 30 , the Privy Council was tasked with applying the reformulated "scope of duty principle" derived from Manchester Building Society and Khan to a valuer's negligence claim in which the title to the secured land was also defective.
Read moreScope of duty and recovery of losses
A structural engineering designer is not under any duty to avoid or prevent damage to the reputation of a developer.
Read moreFire Risk Assessments - The latest developments
The British Standards Institution has published PAS 9980:2022, the new code of practice for fire risk appraisals of external wall construction and cladding of existing blocks of flats.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 28 January 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 21 January 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreRICS revised Rules of Conduct – coming soon
The RICS's new Rules of Conduct are due to come into force on 2 February 2022. The rules combine the previously separate codes for individuals and firms in force since 2007 with the Global Professional and Ethical Principles from 2009, with the intention of providing a single, concise summary of all relevant principles, in order to allow RICS member firms and clients to understand what good professional practice looks like.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 14 January 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 17 December 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreDoes it matter if "the price is right"?
The recent case of Serene Construction Ltd v Salata and Associates Ltd has offered further insight on the Courts' approach to claims against bank-appointed receivers where they are instructed to market and sell land.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 10 December 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 3 December 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 26 November 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 19 November 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 12 November 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 5 November 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 29 October 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 22 October 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreConstruction Contracts Part 1 – Who is party to the contract?
It may at first sight appear difficult to imagine a scenario where works are performed and paid for but it is not clear who the parties to the contract are. Common sense would suggest that is simply the person or company who performs the work and the person or company who pays for it. However, it is not always readily discernible who those parties are, for example because payment is being made by a person or company who is not obtaining the benefit of the works or because a different party appears to be giving directions under the contract.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 8th October 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 1 October 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 24 September 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreThe Week That Was - 17 September 2021
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days.
Read moreSanctions and next steps
Further to our previous articles detailing the stages of the Architect Registration Board's (ARB) disciplinary process up to the Hearing, this final article considers the sanctions the PCC can impose and briefly considers what steps can be taken if an unfavourable decision is reached.
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