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is ‘to harmonise, digitise and rationalise demand’ across the public sector.The Construction Innovation Hub’s ‘.
Defining the Need.’ report – which came hot on the heels of the Construction Playbook at the end of 2020 – does exactly what the policy says.It sets about harmonising, digitising and rationalising demand by aggregating the next five years’ pipeline data from the major government departments (health, education, justice,.
and housing) to identify areas of commonality and difference..When these documents were published, I commented that they would both be enablers of an ‘Amazon for construction’.
Using ‘Amazon’ was meant as shorthand for some form of digital marketplace.
to advance construction procurement methods.What is a building?
Is it the postal address?The single address with three blocks in it?.
Next came the question of how best to approach obtaining the information.Ricketts says local authorities were using a combination of approaches, from trawling through records (building control, planning and housing), to looking at GIS mapping, and even cycling the borough.