Demonstrating Excellence Report - Constructing Excellence

Construction Best Practice, 1998Set up in 1998 to provide support to individuals,companies, organisations and supply chains in theconstruction industry seeking to improve the way theydo business.Offered a range of services tailored for users atdifferent stages of knowledge and experience.- Workplace diversity- Site facilities and the site working environment- Health- Safety- Career development and lifelong learning- The off-site working environment- Behavioural issuesA suite of toolkits was released for trial.KPIs, 1998Launched to benchmark the performance of theconstruction industry based around ten headlineindicators.First set of demonstration project KPI data published in2000 charting the performance of the projectsthroughout 1999, as compared with national industrydata.Achieving Excellence, March 1999An initiative launched to improve the performance ofcentral government departments, their executiveagencies and non-departmental public bodies as clientsof the construction industry.Through the initiative central government clientscommit to maximise, by continuous improvement, theefficiency, effectiveness and value for money of theirprocurement of new works, maintenance andrefurbishment.The Housing Forum, 1999Formed to become the network for radical change andinnovation within the house building sector.Aimed to bring together all parties in the housebuilding supply chain that were interested in, or alreadycommitted to, improving the performance of theindustry.Local Government Task Force, 2000Formed in March 2000 to implement therecommendations of ‘Rethinking Construction‘ withinLocal Authority clients.The Clients‘ Charter, 2000July 2000 Deputy Prime Minister challenged the clientcommunity to draw up a charter that would set out theminimum standards they expected in constructionprocurement, their aspirations for the future and aprogramme of steadily more demanding targets todrive up standards. The Clients‘ Charter was designedto meet this challenge.By signing up to the Charter, construction industryclients make a clear statement of their commitment toimprove their own performance.In February 2004 the strategic management of theClients‘ Charter was passed to Constructing Excellence.PPC 2000The first partnering contract was published in 2000.Key features include:- Guaranteed maximum price before start on site.- Ring fenced profits and overheads.- Incentives built in to promote savings and valueengineering.- A detailed joint problem-solving procedure.‘Modernising Construction‘ The National Audit OfficeReport, January 2001Report on how the procurement and delivery ofconstruction projects in the UK could be modernisedwith benefits for the whole construction industry.Key recommendations to the industry included makinggreater use of innovation to improve public sectorconstruction.Respect for People, 2000In November the report ‘A Commitment to People, OurBiggest Asset‘ was published by the Respect for Peopleworking groupThe report identified seven priorities for action:Construction Skills Certification Scheme, June 2001The aim of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme(CSCS) is to raise standards of both workmanship andhealth and safety within the construction industry.The scheme ensures a consistent standard is applied20 Constructing Excellence – Demonstrating Excellence – An Evolution of the Programme of Demonstrations