How to deal with fragmentation across Europe in regulations/standards.
For all the terrible destruction COVID-19 has caused, perhaps the silver lining has been its role as a catalyst for a more rapid pace of change.The government messaging is Build Back Better, incorporating a greener and faster element.
We’re recognising the need for better outcomes, supporting things like levelling up the economy, delivering greater social value and driving a path to net-zero carbon emissions.It’s an encouraging shift, because we won’t achieve these goals simply by taking the lowest price, transferring risks down the supply chain, and using arcane procurement practices.We need to see this recently accelerated pace of change continue, and perhaps go even further, as the government sets out its plans to drive an economic recovery through the way it invests in construction infrastructure..
The Construction Playbook - making it possible.The Construction Playbook has been a fantastic example of how quickly it’s possible to move.
Here you have people working in new circumstances, each with their own business imperatives, and yet the government was able to get the public and private sector together to create this document, to galvanise industry and achieve that level of buy-in.
This was made possible by the fact that the COVID-19 crisis has brought the industry together.This process reflects our experience and research on design, thinking and deciding.
It is structured to guide and stimulate thinking and creativity.It allows us to combine strategic knowledge on the client side with regards to their business, and our own design knowledge about how buildings work and are constructed.. Our creative use of digital construction technologies allows us to supercharge this process.
We have embedded the process into our own management systems and the outputs we produce.We update these continually so that we capture learnings and leverage them to improve the results of the projects that follow.