Industry calls for revised information management mandate

Ultimately, the CLC proposes, this will “enable a better quality of decision-making and drive performance improvements through an evidence (data) based approach”.

The call for the mandate revision is one of many proposals contained in the CLC’s new report, Creating a productive environment for UK construction.

The report reveals that a potential £45bn of savings and additional value could be generated by improving construction productivity.

As well as the revised information management mandate, the CLC wants the government to:

The report also details what the industry must do in return:

Richard Robinson, deputy chair of the CLC and chief executive for UK & Europe at AtkinsRéalis, said: “Improving the construction industry’s productivity offers the UK one of our largest economic opportunities. If we can build faster, at a reduced cost, we can spur growth and job creation across the UK – delivering the places and infrastructure our communities want and our economy needs without delay.

“At a time when construction costs and the complexities of planning policy are rightly under scrutiny within the UK, this latest report from the CLC lays out the scale of the opportunity and sets out a roadmap to partner with government to help us realise it.

“This isn’t just something that benefits our industry – it’s something that could be transformative for the entire country.”

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