July 2024

Can we build 1.5m homes in 5 years?

This month’s newsletter brings fresh insights and an expert take on issues currently facing the construction industry.

The sector urgently requires new investment and policy changes to create more positive conditions for growth, and many will have welcomed the pledge from newly appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to support the construction of 1.5 million new homes over the next five years. Ridgemont’s MD John Wallace takes a look at how realistic this aspiration is, outlining significant barriers which must be addressed and overcome to make this possible.

Tim Seal, Head of Construction at Ridgemont, assesses why a weak construction market can prove to be a hotbed of construction disputes in a recent article for the Evening Standard, and also provides a candid review of how adjudication has played out in the last 30 years in an article for Building Magazine. Continuing on that theme, we’ll be joined by an expert panel to thoroughly appraise the strengths and weaknesses of adjudication at our conference this September, details of which can be found here.

Last but not least we have the Ridgemont podcast, which this month focuses on the hot topic of sustainability. We were delighted to be joined by McLaren’s Head of Sustainability, Brody Isaac, who lives and breathes sustainability and speaks passionately about the topic. We hope you enjoy the discussion and benefit from his expertise.

If you’d like to find out more about the issues raised in this newsletter or have a legal query, please email Tim Seal on tseal@ridgemont.co or call us on 0203 909 9590.

Evening Standard

Does a weak construction market cause a spike in legal disputes? Tim Seal, Ridgemont’s Head of Construction explains in the Evening Standard.

Building

Does Adjudication today reflect Latham’s intentions 30 Years on? Tim Seal, our Head of Construction explores this in Building Magazine.

Brody Isaac | Ridgemont

Our latest Podcast sees Brody Isaac, Head of Sustainability, McLaren.

Brody tells us about his passion for sustainability and how it is playing an ever-increasing role in construction.

latham: 30 Years On Adjudication Conference

We are hosting an Adjudication Conference in September, marking 30 years since the Latham report. Our expert panel will assess adjudication’s success, strengths, weaknesses, and consider reforms.

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