Annual Report
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Constructing Excellence 2018 2 Constructing Excellence 2018 Constructing Excellence 2018 3 Our Foreword members by our co-chairs Our 80+ National Members are drawn from across the supply chain. They collectively We were delighted to be asked to become Co-Chairs employ over 250,000 people in the sector and turn over around £60 billion. Our client of Constructing Excellence in summer 2017. This is an members spend around £10 billion each year on construction projects. organisation with great pedigree derived from more than twenty-five years of working for industry improvement. In this report we set out our mission and work programme for 2018. We see 2018 as the year Clients Contractors Specialists, ECI members when Constructing Excellence members and the wider movement shift gear, “from Words into Action”. The agenda for change is clear, the necessity and drivers are well understood, and now Acivico Astins Manufacturers and BP International Limited Mark Farmer CEO, Cast it is practical change in board rooms and on projects which is required to achieve our vision Aster Group Balfour Beatty Suppliers CB&I Nederland BV of better built environment outcomes for clients with far better value-for-money, and much greater profitability for the supply side. Clarion Housing Group Bowmer & Kirkland 4Projects CNS Crossrail Cara Group Aggregate Industries Costain This programme builds on three strengths which we bring to the table between us: Baxi Heating East Riding of Yorkshire Galliford Try Cofely Fabricom – Fully supporting Mark’s Modernise or Die report, we have clarified our mission to support Council Higgins Construction Coubari Dornan disruption of the industry’s delivery models for much better outcomes; EDF ENERGY (NNB GenCo) Interserve Construction Encore Environment ECITB – Building on Phil’s work with the government’s Infrastructure and Project Authority, we will Environment Agency Glenigan ensure our work is as aligned as possible and adds value to the key government and sector ITC Concepts Fluor initiatives including the Construction Leadership Council; Hammerson Graphisoft UK Ltd Kier Group Gama – With David’s previous chairmanship of G4C and expertise in performance measurement, we Heathrow Airport Limited Sir Robert McAlpine Knauf Giotecnica Phil Wilbraham will support the next generation to share their views and provide the focus for change, and Hightown Housing restate our position as the leading organisation committed to measurement of performance Willmott Dixon Management Process Systems GlaxoSmithKline Expansion Programme Association Director, Heathrow Airport as the basis for driving improvement. MyConsole Kirby Group Engineering Highways England We would like to pay a huge tribute to our predecessor Murray Rowden, who led the UK Polypipe Kingsfield Consulting Horizon Nuclear Power Consultants organisation for three years and campaigned tirelessly to place it at the heart of influence with Structural Timber Association International Ltd government and leading sector players. We are delighted that he has agreed to become the Igloo Blacc Consulting Tata Steel Laker-Vent Engineering Ltd International Chairman from his base in New York, and we greatly value his continued support. Imperial College London Burges Salmon Trimble Solutions UK Mace Limited May we thank the senior leadership of the BRE Trust and its group of companies for their LHC CH2M Waterloo Air Products Plc Mammoet strong support and championing of our work since we merged with BRE in summer 2016. London Underground FaulknerBrowns Architects We also welcome BRE’s latest addition to the fold, the European Construction Institute, Mckinsey & Company a similar membership organisation previously hosted by Loughborough University, Magnox Greenwood Consultants Procter & Gamble with whom we will strive for major synergies in 2018. This extends our reach into Nationwide Building Society HKA Associates the engineering construction and process plant sector as well as into Europe, Project Management Group and in future the two membership propositions will be combined into one, Northumbrian Water Invennt BRE Ponticelli David Whysall providing even greater value for money. NWCH IPInitiatives British Property Federation Head of Infrastructure RWE South & UK Cost & Finally, thank you to all our members, theme groups, G4C national Royal Mail Group LCMB Chartered Institute of Building Sarens Commercial Management, and regional groups, regional centres, local clubs, international Scape Group Lucas Fettes & Partners CIC Turner & Townsend partners and many other stakeholders and collaborators for Scantech your continued support of our organisation. We hope this Scottish Water Pick Everard CL:AIRE Sellafield report does justice to your work, and we look forward to Sellafield Pinsent Masons European Construction working with you in 2018 to deliver excellence through Institute Shell Projects and Technology collaboration – and move “words into action”. Southern Construction Project Five Consulting Institute for Collaborative Synaps Partners LLp Framework PTP Associates Working Tecnimont United Utilities pw2.0.com National Association of Wood Westfield Group Rift Group Construction Frameworks WSP Wolverhampton City Council Success Train UK Green Building Council Synaps Limited University of Reading Trowers & Hamlins Turner & Townsend Visionality WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff 4 Constructing Excellence 2018 Constructing Excellence 2018 5 Vision Excellence through collaboration Our vision Constructing Excellence is a platform from which to Superior outcomes from new delivery models featuring: stimulate, debate and drive much needed change in the – a client-led transformation by procuring for outcomes and value Construction sector. Our thought leading members from 8 regional Over 100 the entire supply chain – clients, industry and users – share – increased standardisation and pre-manufactured content centres and 35 best practice regional winners go a vision for change through innovation and collaboration. – digitally enabled integrated teams working collaboratively clubs make us the leading forward to our annual Constructing Excellence is funded and governed nationally with long-term relationships and aligned commercial arrangements by corporate membership, and invites anyone who wants platform for change in the national awards to be part of the change process to become active built environment members. Our strategy to deliver excellence Our national members, collectively employ over 250,000 people in the sector and turn over around £60 billion. They spend around £10 billion each year on construction Our core activities are designed to deliver our vision of excellence: projects, accounting for nearly 20% of new build spend in Measuring Performance: the sector. We are tracking industry – focussing on data, benchmarking and practical tools for change performance with Showcasing innovation and best practice through: Our mission – pilot and demonstration projects – regional and national awards programme Over 1500 18 years “Positively disrupting the industry delivery processes to Connecting our networks more effectively for impact: leaders of the future in 10 of KPI data transform performance.” regions are the driving – National, regional and local activity force behind G4C – The next generation through Generation4Change Influencing and enabling sector policy by: – Working in partnership with other bodies to work in partnership with government including CLC and Industrial Strategy for a sector In 2017 Constructing Excellence deal which makes a difference – Providing opportunities for Constructing Excellence and its held over 250 events with more than members to be hard-wired into sector transformation 17,000 participants Operation and and raised over £26,000 for maintenance charity through the annual awards programme Design We have a global outreach with 9 members of the Constructing Excellence International Alliance Construction Business costs Outcomes Process push User pull 6 Constructing Excellence 2018 Constructing Excellence 2018 7 Theme Groups Social value Nuclear sector Chair Rob Wolfe, Chair Adrian Worker, CYH CH2M and Ben Pritchard, Invennt Collaborative working Sustainability Responsible businesses generate both economic and In 2017 this group took on the challenge of responding to the socioeconomic or social value. We have made a lot of productivity challenge in nuclear construction. Burges Salmon and Chair Kevin Thomas, Chair Paul Toyne, progress since our first Social Value Task Group in March EDF Hinckley Point C hosted two major meetings with a combined Visionality and Liam Colebrook, SIG London Sustainable Development Commissioner and 2016. We have had input from a diverse group of attendance of over 100 senior people including all the major Nick Willenbrock, CL:AIRE stakeholders from Construction Frameworks to social nuclear clients as well as much of the construction supply chain. This group meets quarterly to share experience and to entrepreneurs. What has been clear is that there are a With the support of key sector bodies Nuclear Industry Association, support and mentor anyone trying to introduce The Sustainability Theme Group continued to explore some of the number of differing views in the industry. As we enter World Nuclear Association, ECITB and ECI, the “Productivity collaboration. In 2017 the group extended its series of Top key topics affecting sustainability in the built environment. In the final strategic stage of the forum we have met our Series” of reports