Weather impact is a taste of things to come

摘要

Bad weather doesn't just clog up the football fixtures; it also has a big effect on the cashflow of some of the UK's most beleaguered construction companies.The last few weeks has seen the massive snowfalls have a real and practical impact on activity.rnAs a legal expert discusses this week (see page 15), January has been hit by a workload slowdown before it really began, with knock-on effects throughout the supply chain.rnAnd that isn't the only worrying weather news this week. As we report (see page 17), fear of flooding looks to be holding up Somerset County Council's ￡600m schools programme -bad news for Bam PPP and Sir Robert McAlpine. Both companies are waiting on the approval of funding before learning which one has secured the lucrative work.rnThis decade is going to see flooding establish itself as a major issue in the planning and maintenance of the built environment in many parts of the country, so we can expect a lot more stories along these lines.