Safety comes first in the JCT鈥檚 updated contract suite

Peter Hibberd BW 2017

Peter Hibberd unpacks the new JCT revisions, which embrace the 黑洞社区 Safety Act and the last year鈥檚 黑洞社区 Regulations amendments

This year has seen the publication of the principal JCT 2024 contracts, with its other contracts to follow. It also saw the publication last month of the Grenfell Report Phase 2, which highlights one of construction鈥檚 worst disasters. Not that there is any direct link between these events 鈥 but there is a common issue, that of adherence to contractual provisions and relevant statutory frameworks.

The Phase 2 report identifies that there were 鈥渙rganisations bound together by a web of contracts and subject to legislation in the form of the 黑洞社区 Regulations鈥. It also states that there existed 鈥渁n ingrained willingness to accommodate customers instead of insisting on high standards and adherence to a contract that was intended to maintain them鈥. The issue of parties not complying with contracts and with processes arises throughout large parts of the report.

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