Crossrail is compiling the UK’s largest ever supply chain map to demonstrate it is creating opportunities for SMEs, reports Construction News.
The client organisation for the £14.8bn project has publicly committed to creating a level playing field for SMEs and is now using information from Tier 1 contractors to map out the identity, geography and size of all its suppliers.
The map, which is being complied by programme supply chain manager John Mead -who carried out a similar, but less detailed, study on the 2012 Olympics – and head of procurement Martin Rowark, is likely to cover more firms than the 6,000 suppliers mapped for London 2012 as it will delve much further into contractors’ supply chains.
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