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Construction 2025 is a British government report issued in July 2013 outlining its industrial strategy for the sector until 2025. Key aims were to reduce programme lengths and costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the trade gap. The policy saw the establishment of the Construction Leadership Council to drive change in the industry.
HS2 construction near Leamington Spa in August 2021. Productivity in construction remains below the UK average and has changed little in the past 50 years. [6] As a result, the UK government has repeatedly tried to improve the sector's efficiency, publishing (among others) the Latham Report in 1994, the Egan Report in 1998 and the Farmer Review in 2016; in 2013 it launched the Construction ...
UKCG commissioned the business consultants LEK to produce an independent report [3] on the contribution construction makes to the UK economy. This report, "Construction in the UK economy: The Benefits of Investment", was updated in May 2012, and showed that spending on construction significantly benefitted the UK economy.
The Inverness Trunk Road Link West Section under construction in January 2020. This article lists current and planned road building in the United Kingdom. Significant investment is expected, including plans for £14 billion of investment in road expansion by England's National Highways. [1]
In 2012 the "New Rules of Measurement" for cost management throughout the construction process were accompanied by a modernised version of the SFCA. [1] In 2022, the BCIS was spun out of RICS. [2] The BCIS approach is the most popular costing method employed by quantity surveyors in the UK. [3]
Construction News' website, CNplus, was launched in 2002, and in December 2015 changed its domain name to constructionnews.co.uk. The title's digital publishing and event activities have gradually expanded. In 1997 CN launched the Quality in Construction Awards, which were renamed the Construction News Awards in 2011. In 2014 it was named Best ...
Build UK was launched on 1 September 2015, following the merger of the UKCG and the NSCC. [2] Its members include industry clients, main contractors, trade associations representing over 11,500 specialist contractors, and other organisations committed to industry collaboration.
The Construction Project Information Committee is an advisory group, comprising representatives of major UK construction industry institutions, which provides best practice guidance on the content, form and preparation of construction production information, and disseminates this throughout the industry.