Force majeure provisions in construction contracts have attained a spotlight perhaps never seen before as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact is it having on the US$10 trillion-dollar global industry. In this article from Secretariat’s Mike Allen, Conrad Bromley and Paul Roberts, we consider in more detail how tendering contractors and employers might seek to manage this risk in the ongoing waves of COVID-19, which are a feature of the “new normal.”