Business and Enterprise - Ninth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 July 2008.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Why is construction important?
The structure of the UK industry
Construction's clients
The workforce
Implications of the industrial structure
Recent construction industry reform
Government responsibilities for construction
A Chief Construction Officer
2 The role of the client
Frequent and infrequent clients
Features of a good client
The Construction Clients' Charter
Helping occasional clients
The Office of Government Commerce
The OGC Gateway Process
Achieving Excellence in Construction
The Common Minimum Standards
The Public Sector Construction Clients' Forum
Transforming government procurement
3 Increasing capacity
Recent and predicted growth
Sources of capacity growth
Labour supply
The planning system
Construction price inflation
Helping the industry plan for additional
capacity
4 Improving economic sustainability
Recent economic performance
Raising performance through integrated teams
and supply chains
Early engagement with the supply chain
Maximising whole-life value
Commercial arrangements to manage risk
Collaborative contracts
Project insurance
Fair payment
Retentions
The 'Fair Payment' Charter
Project bank accounts
Amending the Construction Act
Measuring performance
5 Fostering social sustainability
'Bogus' self-employment
The scale and costs
Solutions to the problem
Training and skills
The current state of the industry
ConstructionSkills and the Levy
Training routes into construction
Training the existing workforce
Workforce diversity
Health and safety
Recent trends
Tackling the repair and maintenance sector
Driving culture change
6 Achieving environmental sustainability
Cutting waste
Water and energy consumption
The social cost of construction work
The end-product
The public sector as client
The housing sector
7 Raising standards
The reasons for poor R&D performance
Government support for R&D
The Building Regulations
Helping clients make informed decisions
TrustMark
Constructionline
Cover pricing
8 Applying the lessons: The 2012 Olympics
Social sustainability
Environmental sustainability
9 Final remarks
Conclusions and recommendations
Appendix: The Construction Commitments
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and Written Evidence
Tuesday 23 October 2007
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Tuesday 4 December 2007
Monday 10 December 2007
Tuesday 15 January 2008
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Written Evidence
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