The new decade may have started normally enough, with the outlook for construction looking relatively positive at the start of 2020, some Brexit uncertainties aside.
While concern about a potentially deadly virus originating from China grew at the start of the year, there was little to suggest that its emergence would impact the world of construction.
The year began with the opening of the second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Lead counsel to the Inquiry Richard Millett QC accused companies involved in the refurbishment of the building, completed before the 2017 blaze that left 72 people dead, of indulging in a “merry-go-round of buck-passing” as they issued their opening statements.
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