Construction Reports (Appendices)

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6CN008 – CQS

(Management)

Lecture 3 – Current influences on theconstruction industry and the role of the

QS


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Appendices

Further slides now follow of reportsinto construction


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The Latham Report: “Constructing the Team” (1994)

Final Report of the Government/ Industry Review ofProcurement and Contractual Arrangements in the

Construction Industry

Investigated procurement and contractual arrangements,and roles, responsibilities and performance of construction

participants including the client with regard to

!he processes by which clients" re#uirements areestablished and presented

$ethods of procurement

%esponsibility for production, management anddevelopment of design

&rganisation and management of the constructionprocess

Contractual issues and methods of dispute resolution


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Latham Report

Conclusions Recommendations

'imed at Clients ( )e best practice clients

'imed at Industry – adopt changedpractices

$odern Contracts – recommend *+C

Legislation – for payments disputes


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Rethinking Construction

(Egan, 1998)

'lliances through the supply chain Selection of partners – not lowest

price, best overall value for money -roper incentives .pain/gain0 +nd to a reliance on tendering –

alliances formed

Introduction of performancemeasurement .benchmar1ing, 2-Is0


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Constructing the !eam ("##$ Latham Report)


CLIE!" #G$%ER&E! ' PRI%A!E(

Set up a new construction clients forum )e best practice clients

-ublish a Construction -rocurement

Strategy Code of -ractice -romote a mechanism for selecting

consultants on #uality as well as price


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Latham Report%


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'dopted target of 367 real cost reduction.by 86660

Improve tendering arrangements/registration .with 9overnment0

raw up a code of practice for selecting

subcontractors !raining education/public image/e#ual

opportunities plan


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Latham Report


C&*!%'C!S

evelop standard contract

documentation – include ad:udication/pre(pricing variations/trust accountsfor payments

%ecommend use *+C contract

Family of interloc1ing documents %estructure contract committees


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&e' Construction Reports timeline

Simon Committee .-lacing and$anagement of Contracts0 ;6 yrs?

@)ofQ considered best basis for estimating the

cost of the whole pro:ect and for valuing variations"

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Anglo American Council on roducti*it' ("#+0)

Identified the factors which were consideredresponsible for the higher productivity levels in'merica

complete pre(planning of the :ob co(ordination of sub(contractors" wor1 ade#uacy of supplies of labour and materials

availability and use of mechanical aids recognition of the importance of continuous

research into the production of materials andinto building techni#ues?


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Anglo American Council on roducti*it'

("#+0) Significantly, the report concluded by stating that

the @)uilding owner, architect, #uantity surveyor,contractor and sub(contractors should all co(operate more closely to reduce building costs"

!he report also included a chapter devoted totendering procedures and provided acomprehensive description of the two systems –'merican without #uantities and )ritish with

#uantities commenting that @Consideration shouldbe given to the simplification of the Standard$ethod of $easurement"


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Construction reports

!he -hillips %eport on )uilding .;60

@London County Council have claimed that oncertain of their Balue Cost Contract sites whereincentive schemes are operating, they haveregained their ;


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Construction Reports

!he )anwell %eport .;


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Achie*ing ,-cellence Construction

rocurement .uidance/ M !reasur'

"##6 *o ; +ssential re#uirements for construction

procurement *o 8 Balue for money in construction procurement

*o 3 'ppointment of consultants and contractors *o = !eam wor1ing, partnering and incentives *o > -rocurement strategies *o D Financial aspects of pro:ects

*o Ehole life costs *o A -ro:ect evaluation and feedbac1 *o < )enchmar1ing


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Reports ! the C"# $orking groups

(199%&')

)G* +riefing the team

)G, Constructing success

)G- Code of practice for selection of

s/cs )G. "electing consultants for the team

0alancing 1uality and price

)G2 Framewor3 for a national register

for contractors )G4 !raining the team

)G5 Constructing a 0etter image


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Reports ! C"# $orking groups

(cont)

)G6 !omorrow7s team womenand men in construction

)G8 Educating the professional

team )G*9 Lia0ility law and latent

defects insurance )G** !owards a -9: productivity

improvement in construction )G*, Partnering in the team


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R ethinking Construction

Summar' !o summarise, the !as1 Force wishes

to emphasise that we are not inviting

42 construction to loo1 at what it doesalready and do it better we areas1ing the industry and 9overnmentto :oin with ma:or clients to do it

entirely differently? Ehat we areproposing is a radical change in theway we build?


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1!,R &,2 R,1R!S

)etter -ublic )uildings ( ept Culture$edia Sport .86660

$odernising Construction ( *'&.866;0

!he Second +gan %eport ( G'ccelerating ChangeH .86680

Implementing the Clients" Charter, (*ational ousing Federation .86680


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1ther 3e' reports

'chieving +cellence inConstruction -rocurement guides,

&9C .86630 Improving -ublic Services through

better construction, *'& .866>0

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