Construction industry reports

2014-08-11T16:31:20Z

RobGarvey:

This article presents a list of key reports about the UK construction industry. Detailed articles are available about some of these reports, which can be accessed by clicking on the links, and more will be added.

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1934. [[Reaching%20for%20the%20skies|Reaching for the skies]]. Alfred Bossom.

1944. [[Simon%20Report|Simon Report]], Placing and Management of Building Contracts.

1948. The Distribution of Building Materials and Components, Sir Ernest Simon.

1948. The Working Party Report to the Minister of Works: The Phillips Report on Building.

1962. Emmerson Report, Survey of Problems Before the Construction Industries.

1964. [[Banwell%20Report|Banwell Report]], The Placing and Management of Contracts for Building and Civil Engineering Work.

1967, Potts Report, Action on the Banwell Report: A Survey of the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Committee under the Chairmanship of Sir Harold Banwell on the Placing and Management of Contracts. Economic Development Committee for Building of the National Economic Development Office.

1970. Large Industrial Sites, National Economic Development Council.

1975. Wood Report, The Public Client and the Construction Industries: the report of the Building and Civil Engineering Economic Development Committees Joint Working Party Studying Public Sector Purchasing.

1980. Sir Montague Finniston, Engineering Our Future: Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Engineering Profession, HMSO.

1983. The British Property Federation [[Manual%20of%20the%20BPF%20system|Manual of the BPF system]] for building design and construction.

1983 Faster Building for Industry, National Economic Development Office (NEDO).

1988 Faster Building for Commerce, National Economic Development Office (NEDO).

1993. Latham, Trust & Money.

1994. [[Latham%20Report|The Latham Report, Constructing the Team]].

1995. Progress through Partnership, Report from the steering group of the Technology Foresight Programme. [http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/foresight/docs/general-publications/report-from-the-steering-group-1995.pdf Access the full report].

1995. [[Levene%20Efficiency%20Scrutiny%20into%20Construction%20Procurement%20by%20Government|Construction procurement by government. An efficiency unit scrutiny]], Sir Peter Levene.

1996. Partnering in the Team, CIB. 

1998. [http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/w/Egan%20report The Egan Report, Rethinking Construction]. 

1999. Achieving Excellence, Office of Government Commerce. 

1999. [[Towards%20an%20urban%20renaissance|Towards an Urban Renaissance]]. Urban Task Force.

2000. Better Public Buildings: A proud legacy for the future, Department for Culture Media and Sport. [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110118095356/http:/www.cabe.org.uk/files/better-public-buildings.pdf Access the full report].

2000. Construction Industry Board Root and Branch Review.

2001. [[Modernising%20Construction|Modernising construction]], National Audit Office. .

2002. [[Rethinking%20Construction%202002%3A%20Achievements%2C%20Next%20Steps%2C%20Getting%20Involved|Rethinking Construction 2002: Achievements, Next Steps, Getting Involved]], Rethinking Construction Group Ltd.

2002: [[Accelerating%20Change|Accelerating change]]: A report by the Strategic Forum for Construction, chaired by Sir John Egan.

2002 Fairclough Report, Rethinking Construction Research and Innovation: A Review of Government Policies and Practices. DTI and DTLR. [http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file14364.pdf Access the full report].

2005. [[Improving%20Public%20Services%20through%20better%20construction|Improving Public Services through Better Construction]], National Audit Office.

2005. [http://www.saxoncbe.com/be-valuable.pdf Be Valuable], Constructing Excellence. 

2005. The Urban Renaissance six years on. [[Urban%20Task%20Force|Urban Task Force]].

2007. Callcutt Review of Housebuilding Delivery, John Callcutt. 

2008. [[ICT%20and%20Automation%20%28ICTA%29%20Scoping%20Study%20Report|ICT and Automation (ICTA) Scoping Study Report]]. National Platform for the Built Environment.

2008. Construction Commitments, Strategic Forum for Construction. 

2008. The Strategy for Sustainable Construction, Government/Strategic Forum. 

2008. Construction Matters, Business and Enterprise Select Committee. 

2008. Equal Partners, Business Vantage and Construction Clients’ Group.

2009. [[Never%20Waste%20A%20Good%20Crisis%20-%20A%20Challenge%20To%20The%20UK%20Construction%20Industry|Never waste a good crisis]]. Andrew Wolstenholme, Constructing Excellence.

2011. [[Government%20construction%20strategy|Government Construction Strategy]], Cabinet Office.

2011. NAO, Lessons from PFI and other projects. [http://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1012920.pdf Access the full report].

2011. [[House%20of%20Commons%2C%20Treasury%20-%20Seventeenth%20Report%3A%20Private%20Finance%20Initiative|House of Commons, Treasury - Seventeenth Report: Private Finance Initiative]].

2012. A Better Deal For Public Building, Report from the Commission of Inquiry into achieving best value in the procurement of construction work. All Party Group for Excellence in the Built Environment. [http://cic.org.uk/admin/resources/appg-for-ebe-report-.pdf Access the full report].

2013. [[Construction%202025|Construction 2025]].

2013. BIS, [[Review%20of%20engineering%20skills|Professor John Perkins’ Review of Engineering Skills]]. 

2014. [[Our%20future%20in%20place%2C%20The%20Farrell%20Review%20of%20Architecture%20%2B%20the%20Built%20Environment%20%28FAR%29|Our future in place]], The Farrell Review of Architecture + the Built Environment (FAR). Sir Terry Farrell.

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