Making the Construction Industry Earn its Stimulus



COMBINING PRODUCTIVITY AND A NET-ZERO RESILIENT RECOVERY

The numerous institutions in the construction and property sectors are assuming they are fit for purpose to deliver a net zero built environment.  Our industry has some exceptional practices and many are working hard to deliver net zero, however we are the least digitised, least productive and most disjointed sector in the UK economy.

The sector as it is presently configured needs disruptive action if either productivity or carbon reduction goals are even to be distantly approached.  However, the advent of digital technology for design, manufacturing of products and assembly on site potentially provides the means for a disrupted sector to meet these ends.  Critically this goes beyond the Government's role as a major, combined collection of clients to defining the outcomes that the Treasury and Cabinet Office should require from the sector to aid delivery of its five goals of jobs, levelling up, productivity, export and net zero carbon across private and public clients.

Keith Clark along with other members of the Edge have produced a series of position papers that it has been exploring with Government Departments, Industry bodies and campaigning groups for delivering a recovery in the construction industry capable of achieving a net-zero carbon future.

Document A: Summary - Productivity & a net-zero recovery

Document B: Implementation Plan

Document C: What the Government should ask of the construction industry

Document D: Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) Submission

the Edge - October 2020