{"id":925,"date":"2018-11-28T09:40:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T09:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=925"},"modified":"2018-11-28T09:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T09:40:14","slug":"construction-needs-statutory-regulator-say-specialists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/construction-needs-statutory-regulator-say-specialists\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction needs statutory regulator say specialists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specialist engineering contractors have joined the call for a statutory authority to regulate construction.<\/span><\/p>\n

A new body could have powers similar to the utility regulators. Statutory\u00a0powers could be used to steer construction in the direction of best practice in procurement through to payment and promote registration of business competence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Specialist Engineering Contractors\u2019 Group, marked\u00a0its\u00a025th anniversary,\u00a0with\u00a0the call for Government to establish a Construction and Infrastructure Authority.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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SEC Group chairman, Trevor Hursthouse said:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201cIn the last two years there has been an outpouring of reports on construction – most generated by the Grenfell tragedy and the Carillion collapse – which have all come to similar conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Past evidences suggests that these are unlikely to lead to significant improvement.\u00a0 <\/span>What is now required is a properly resourced regulatory authority for construction that steers the industry in the direction of best practice delivery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Construction and Infrastructure Authority proposed remit<\/h3>\n