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In this issue: Environmental issues Planning for construction lawyers Construction industry news LexTalk®Construction: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Environmental issues CLC announces the Five Client Carbon Commitments The CLC unveiled its Five Client Carbon Commitments, a framework enabling organisations to evidence the measures they are taking to cut carbon and record the reduction in emissions. Anglian Water, Heathrow, the Lower Thames Crossing, National Highways, Northumbrian Water, and Sellafield Ltd became the initial six signatories, with the CLC urging additional organisations to also come aboard now. The Construction Industry Council (CIC) stated that the organisations already committed are expected to ‘invest tens of billions into UK infrastructure’, and further suggested this would assist in providing supply chain certainty with regard to the requirement for lower carbon alternatives, thereby ultimately improving clarity...

In this issue: Planning policy Planning appeals Retained EU Law LexTalk®Planning: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q&A Related Documents Planning policy Industry bodies’ responses to NPPF consultation The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has issued its response to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) consultation. While the CIC backs the government’s aim to speed up housebuilding, it also highlighted several reservations about the government’s plans, including: that the NPPF does not tackle the poor standard of housing often produced through permitted development rights...

In this issue: Building safety Environmental issues Procurement in construction Termination Infrastructure projects Construction industry news Arbitration Litigation Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Construction trackers Building safety Building Safety Regulator (Establishment of New Body and Transfer of Functions etc) Regulations 2026 SI 2026/Draft: These draft Regulations are laid to establish a new organisation, the Building Safety Regulator, and to appoint that body to replace the Health and Safety Executive as the building safety regulator for the purposes of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022) accordingly. They are scheduled to come into force on 27 January 2026 as drafted. See: LNB News 14/11/2025 5. Construction Products (Amendment) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/1172: These Regulations amend both a UK statutory instrument and an item of assimilated direct legislation concerning construction. They make changes to Regulation (EU) 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011, which...

This Practice Note This Practice Note reviews the standard form novation agreements issued by the City of London Law Society (CLLS) and the Construction Industry Council (CIC). Novation is now widespread on construction schemes. It arises in various contexts and has, in particular, become routine on design and build procurements. For more on novation generally, see Practice Note: Novation in construction projects. Parties often adopt their own bespoke novation agreements, so numerous versions circulate. In 2004, two standard forms appeared—one from the CLLS construction committee and one from the CIC. The CIC later released an ‘ab initio’ form in November 2018, and a second edition of the ‘switch’ form in July 2021. Each agreement is a brief, straightforward document that avoids unnecessary provisions, though they adopt different approaches to novating the consultant. They do, however, each tackle the key issues arising from Blyth & Blyth v Carillion, and the ‘no loss’ argument (see Practice Notes: Novation in construction...

BIM (building information modelling) protocol There is no single, mandatory BIM protocol required on all UK projects using BIM—parties involved in construction projects where BIM is to be adopted are free to choose the protocol they wish to use; it is not imposed and remains a matter for agreement on a project‑by‑project basis. The parties may opt for one of the published forms already available, agree a bespoke protocol tailored to the scheme, or choose to proceed with no standalone protocol at all, instead setting out every BIM obligation within the contract conditions and associated technical documents. As the use of BIM has expanded, various protocols have been created by organisations seeking to promote efficiency, consistency and recognised good practice within such documents. None of these has yet become an ‘industry standard’, though that appears to be edging closer—having a common standard would be likely to assist with insurance considerations, and provide greater consistency and certainty around the parties’ duties and responsibilities, thereby defining more clearly the risk profile...

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) issues a standard consultant appointment: the Conditions of Contract for the Appointment of Consultants on Major Building Projects. This Practice Note reviews the 2011 second edition, which superseded the 2007 original, and confirms the CIC Conditions suit any discipline, with or without design responsibility, and are presented in two volumes. Volume 1 Volume 1 opens with a form of agreement capturing the parties’ details and a description of the consultant’s role and the project. It permits execution under hand or as a deed and organises the agreement into six parts. 1—Contract Details: Sections 1-1 to 1-14, completed in manuscript, set out project-specific particulars, including the site description, the client’s brief (also to be appended to the appointment), and other team members; any optional provisions from Part 6 intended to apply should be flagged here...