Engineering services and industry recovery guide

1 Introduction
2 Roadmap to Recovery
3 Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki
4 External resources

[edit] Introduction

The Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA) has produced an executive summary that highlights the key role of engineering services in the industry recovery ‘Roadmap‘, which was launched in 2020 by the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). The publication is titled, The CLC Roadmap to Recovery: A summary for the engineering services sector.

[edit] Roadmap to Recovery

Engineering services is a major part of the UK construction industry, and some 80% of the value of buildings and infrastructure is realised during its operating life (around 10% of the value is in the design and build stage, and around 10% in the demolition stage).

The CLC 'Roadmap to Recovery' is a three phase strategy for driving the recovery of construction and the repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) sector – and the wider UK economy - as we seek to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis.

The Roadmap has six strategic objectives:

Increased investment in skills and training.
Reducing carbon emissions.
Improving society (notably through safer buildings).
A more collaborative supply chain.
Greater productivity.
A culture of embracing technology and innovation.

Engineering services will be fundamentally important to achieving all these industry objectives.

According to ECA CEO Steve Bratt and a member of the CLC coronavirus taskforce: "The CLC recovery plan sets the framework for moving the construction industry from crisis to positive transformation, and engineering services will be fundamentally important to achieving this strategic goal".

This article originally appeared on the ECA website under the title, "New ECA guide to Engineering Services and industry Recovery." It was published on 8 July 2020.

--ECA