Nigel Blundell

May 8, 2024 | pinsentmasons.com | Michael Allan |Nigel Blundell

The update has added provisions relating to the important question of who is responsible for site conditions. Other than the contractor receiving both time relief and loss and expense for ‘antiquities’ on the discovery of fossils or other objects of value, previous versions of the design and build contract have been silent on this point. As a result, those using the contract had to rely on the common law position if unforeseen ground conditions arose, which imposed the risk on the contractor.

Dec 12, 2023 | pinsentmasons.com | Anne-Marie Friel |Nigel Blundell

Pinsent Masons has been privileged to work on some of the UK’s most successful examples of collaboration in practice. Three well-known projects are used by the NEC as case studies: the Lee tunnel project, the A14 road upgrade and the Sellafield PPP framework. What we have learned is that successful collaboration is always underpinned by the right behaviour and culture as well as the right contract model. Here are eight things we have learned which can help industry successfully collaborate in 2024.