Manifesto Summer 2021 About Actuate (definitions): 1. cause to act in a particular way; to motivate Across the UK, engineering 2. cause (an electro-mechanical services activity accounts machine or device) to operate 40% Actuate UK for 40% of UK by value Actuate UK is an alliance representing The reach, and impact, of UK the multi-billion-pound UK engineering engineering services is beyond the services sector. It works with government sum of its parts. Actuate UK brings and the industry, its clients and other together the considerable experience stakeholders to deliver a common goal: and expertise of its members to pursue a safer, more functional and efficient, positive change and positive outcomes. Actuate UK represents the and sustainable built environment. The alliance speaks with a single, multi-billion pound engineering trusted and unified voice for the sector. services sector comprising more Actuate UK brings together eight leading than 60,000 firms industry and professional bodies from Actuate UK: across the sector: • delivers one expert and • The Building Engineering Services trusted voice on behalf Association (BESA) of UK engineering services • The Building Services Research and • provides the industry with Information Association (BSRIA) thought leadership, technical and • The Chartered Institution of Building commercial expertise, and guidance Services Engineers (CIBSE) • works closely with industry • ECA – Excellence in Electrical and partners, policy makers and other 60,000 Engineering Services/Fire and Security stakeholders, across the UK. Association (FSA) • The Federation of Environmental Actuate UK actively supports Trade Associations (FETA) national initiatives such as the CLC • The Lift and Escalator Industry Recovery Roadmap, including CLC’s Association (LEIA) ConstructZero and infrastructure The name Actuate UK underlines the action- • SELECT – The Electrical Contractors’ ‘Vision’ initiatives, the Domestic orientated approach of the alliance to enabling sustained and positive change: Association of Scotland Retrofit Strategy, the Building Safety - in the industry in which the sector operates – • The Scottish and Northern Bill and construction recovery and and beyond; and Ireland Plumbing Employers’ economy plans in Scotland, Wales - to help deliver safer, more productive and Federation (SNIPEF) and Northern Ireland. more sustainable buildings and infrastructure.

2 350,000Over 350,000 skilled professionals, employees and contractors are represented by Actuate UK About the UK engineering Engineering services activity accounts for 80% of the operational cost services sector of built assets in the UK Engineering services bring the UK built • infrastructure – such as utilities, 60,000 environment to life. The sector delivers communications and transport, and design, construction and services • domestic premises. for buildings and infrastructure that contributes £125 billion to UK GDP - to ensure that the UK’s built annually and enables £600 billion assets are: of GDP in the wider economy. • safe • secure This multi-billion pound sector is vital: • sustainable - to the successful design, construction, • able to deliver future-proofing 80% and ongoing management of the UK’s: and whole-life performance, • commercial, industrial, public sector and occupant wellbeing and other premises; and productivity.

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OpEx / Actuate UK’s initial focus is on four essential areas for the sector and the wider economy, society and environment: / OPERATE HEALTHFUNCTIONALITY AND WELLBEING / PERFORMANCE / SECURITY / 1. The post-Covid world of business MAINTAIN 2. Building safety: After Grenfell Tower – safety, quality, competence INTEGRATE / UPGRADE 3. Skills for tomorrow’s built environment 4. Climate crisis – and the drive to UK net zero carbon. CapEx

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Actuate UK will bring together all those who the supply chain and cultivate a sustainable Forum, Northern Ireland’s Procurement Board and maintain, upgrade and operate engineering engineering services sector capable the Construction Procurement Delivery department, services – to develop the business models, choices of delivering the requirements of both ’s PBA guidance, the IPI/ and behaviours that will deliver project success and construction and facilities management IBA new procurement model, the Value Toolkit, whole-life value. This includes working together • To encourage adoption of innovative safeguards the Common Assessment Standard, the Prompt on how the industry procures and shares not only within the commercial delivery processes of the Payment Code and the UK Government’s information but also risk and reward, to enable engineering services sector Construction Playbook. productivity and whole-life value. • Support industry-facing business challenges, such as product availability and marking. Overall objectives: • Support and promote whole-life value-led Through our member bodies, we actively support procurement to encourage growth within the work of CLC’s Recovery Plan, CICV Forum’s a life-cycle approach to the built environment Industry Plan and participation in the Conflict • Improve payment performance to protect Avoidance Pledge, Welsh Ministerial Construction

6 Building safety: After Grenfell Tower – safety, quality, competence

Engineering services are vital to achieving processes that will support a step change interaction between engineering services, safety and quality in higher risk and other in building safety throughout the UK. healthy indoor environments and wider buildings. Actuate UK’s ‘positive change’ construction and maintenance activity agenda supports radical change. We welcome Overall objectives • Maximise the positive impact of the the UK Government’s commitment to a major • Ensure that the positive role of engineering engineering services sector in the delivery reform of the legal framework for building services is properly considered in the of building safety, including fire safety and construction and operation, focusing on development of the new building safety regime, safe indoor environments structural and fire safety. working with the Chief Inspector of Buildings/ • Ensure that engineering services Building Safety Regulator and looking into delivers the aims of the Golden Thread The Building Safety Bill will drive radical the new roles of Principal Designer, Principal of building information. changes in England – with clear implications Contractor and Building Safety Manager for the rest of the UK. Actuate UK will provide • Provide active support to governments, expert input on legislation, guidance, technical regulators and key stakeholders on engineering standards, competencies and industry services-related building safety, and on the

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The availability of sufficient engineering services Overall objectives: • Set requirements for competence and skills is vital to our sector and its ability to • Net zero skills development: develop compliance by using as a basis a card deliver on policy objectives. Working with others, and support training in the new skills scheme in partnership with a Construction we will act to support recruitment and retention, environment for individuals and employers, Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS). champion competency and the professionalism covering Upskill, Reskill and New Entrants of building services engineers, and develop and • Encourage new and diverse entrants into Actuate UK will look to support and enable ensure clear career pathways and opportunity the sector using clear, targeted campaigns the successful implementation of government mapping across our sector. • Develop the skills and capacity needed to skills and associated net zero strategies across design and install engineering solutions, the UK and its devolved nations. We will also ensure robust assessor models including digital and integrated systems, to increase provision, simplify the model of and ensure there is a pipeline of talent engagement with building service engineers, through apprenticeships across the UK to identify specialisms where there is skills meet the needs of the future industry crossover and enshrine distance learning • Adopt the five principles for installer and as a recognised delivery option. other competencies shown in ‘Setting the Bar’

8 Climate crisis – and the drive to UK net zero carbon

Engineering services are a vital component carbon reduction strategies in public sector, Strategy and the electric vehicles roll-out of the UK’s drive towards net zero carbon, commercial and industrial premises strategy. We will also follow and contribute in addition to enabling productivity and • Support changes to more sustainable to the heat in buildings strategies across the UK. wellbeing across the built environment. practices by increasing stakeholder understanding of whole-life engineering By leveraging momentum from COP26, Actuate Actuate UK will focus on whole-life carbon services carbon impacts: “standards, UK will call on decision makers to listen to the performance, and on the provision of efficient quality, education” professionals whose skills turn their vision and heating and cooling, improved indoor air quality, • Promote low carbon technologies across targets into a practical reality for everyone. and a fast vehicle charging infrastructure. the board and work with government, asset Our industries bridge the gap across products, operators and industry partners to achieve installation process and practical end use. Overall objectives: UK net zero carbon targets. • Achieve net zero targets in existing buildings. Support the roll-out and delivery of the CLC Actuate UK actively supports key industry Domestic Retrofit Strategy and maximise the initiatives such as the Construction Leadership contribution of engineering services to Council’s ConstructZero, the National Retrofit

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