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The Constructing Excellence Demonstration programme has shown that the industrycan deliver better. The theory has been put into practice. We have moved on from justhaving an intuitive feeling that we can deliver better whole-life-value, to the reality ofactually having the evidence.Demonstration projects have shown that the industry can deliver on time, withinbudget, to quality and with fewer defects, and all of this within a framework ofimproved health and safety performance. This fits totally with OGC‘s own AchievingExcellence in Construction Future Strategy agenda – which is delivering the bestbalance of quality and whole-life cost to meet user requirements.John Oughton, Chief Executive, Office of Government CommerceThe Demonstration Programme has been a brilliant initiative for bottom-up innovation in theprocess of construction to provide for the industry‘s client a better quality of product alongsideimproved profitability and safe and healthy practice. It has clearly demonstrated that firms orteams engaged in the programme of best practice also do better and are more profitable.This process needs greater regional emphasis to bring more small and medium-sizedcontractors and design professionals into the process.As Chairman of the Construction Research and Innovation Strategy Panel (nCRISP) I seeConstructing Excellence driving the immediate needs for business, process and productimprovement especially at regional and national level. nCRISPcan then work with ConstructingExcellence in stimulating medium and long-term opportunities for industry collaborative RD&Iand engage in learning from other industries and from overseas practice.Michael Dickson, Chair, nCRISPThe success of the demonstration programme shows how proud people are of theirsuccesses, and how willing they are to share the lessons from these with others. Sadly,too few manufacturers and suppliers initially recognised the important role they had toplay in these projects.How things have changed. The recent publication – Building Success – Lessons fromManufacturers and Suppliers who got it right – highlights ten demonstration projectsfrom across the industry, and there were many more that were only omitted throughlack of space. Not long ago we would have struggled to have three examples submittedfor inclusion in such a publication. The demonstration concept really does work.Michael Ankers, Chief Executive, The Construction Products Association16 Constructing Excellence – Demonstrating Excellence – An Evolution of the Programme of Demonstrations
The Demonstrations programme has not only show-cased how the construction industryis innovating and improving; it has provided case studies for more companies to learnfrom best practice in rethinking construction.Stephen Lidgate, Chairman, The Housing ForumThe construction industry is awakening to the concept of value and how it delivers thatvalue to customers and society. In this awakening it needs to see that value lies in thebeneficial use of buildings over their lifetime to facilitate function, performance andsustainable impact on the environment. Better whole-life building value, delivered bymore effective processes, are the keys to both the economic success of the country andits quality of life. The built environment sector is over 20% of GDPand provides over75% of our fixed assets. The industry‘s contribution will be crucial.Richard Saxon, Chairman, Be - Collaborating for the Built Environment, Making a differenceTo be successful, the construction industry needs to do more than streamline workingpractice, drive out waste and exploit new technology. The labour intensive constructionindustry needs to provide a better working environment in order to recruit and retain theright men and women.Constructing Excellence, in collaboration with ConstructionSkills and others, is committedto helping the industry bring about positive change. The programme of demonstrationprojects highlights the benefits of a culture of respect for the workforce. The programmealso shows the wide range of skills and competencies needed to deliver successfulprojects, highlighting the tremendous range of career opportunities in the industry.The challenge is to promote these opportunities more effectively and to provide aworkplace that welcomes diversity. Construction faces strong competition from othersectors in recruiting the most competent. The industry also faces an increasingly diverse,demanding and informed customer base. For example, women represent 45% of theworking population in the UK, yet only 3.5% of construction professionals and a mere1% of crafts and trades are female. By respecting people, regardless of sex, race orreligious belief, construction can make a real difference in our changing world.Sandi Rhys-Jones OBE, RhysJones ConsultantsInnovation ■ Best Practice ■ Productivity 17
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