Overhaul of planning system would improve historically low levels
Contractors need certainty of pipeline to help improve productivity in the industry, the 好色先生TV the Future Conference was told yesterday.
Mace construction boss Andrew Jackson said visibility of workloads, greater use of the Public Sector Playbook and improved data would ensure historically low productivity levels would start to climb out of the doldrums.
鈥淭he industry has acknowledged the problem and there are various initiatives driving change,鈥� he said.
鈥淚n 2020 the Construction Productivity Taskforce was launched, bringing together clients, contractors including Mace, supply chain and consultants to identify and trail new ways of making the sector more productive. This has resulted in the Private Sector Playbook, a measurement framework, and data trust.鈥�
Matt Bennion, chief executive of Reds 10, added that the planning system needed to be speeded up which could 鈥渋f the right people were put around the table鈥�.
He added that better procurement routes and margins would also see a shift in productivity levels. 鈥淲e have to take responsibility for what we can control,鈥� he said.
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