Productivity
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Urgency needed to tackle industry productivity, says ACE chair
The industry needs to unite to create an environment for success through constructive engagement, encouraging innovation and accelerating the deployment of digital design and offsite construction. -
Collaboration, innovation and diversity key to improving productivity, report says
Engineering specialists Mabey has produced a report which urges UK construction firms to change quickly to improve productivity. -
Government challenges industry to be more efficient to deliver UK infrastructure
Industry leaders flocked to the launch of the government's £600bn infrastructure pipeline, which outlined a ten-year programme of investment. -
Industry responds to government’s £600bn infrastructure pipeline plans
Construction and infrastructure leaders welcome the government’s renewed commitment to and focus on infrastructure delivery. -
Mace launches productivity report
New productivity report makes the case for infrastructure investment. -
New Code of Practice to improve collaboration in infrastructure alliances
The Infrastructure Client Group and ICE have launched an Alliancing Code of Practice (CoP) to help infrastructure companies work together more effectively on joint projects and avoid disputes. -
Productivity: How workplace design can make a difference
National Grid has found that redesign of its headquarters office space has improved productivity 8% and saved up to £10M in operating costs. AECOM’s Nicola Gillen explains. -
British cycling and the lessons for construction productivity
Cycling coach Sir David Brailsford's theory of marginal gains could make a huge difference to industry outputs, says Jason Millett of Mace. -
Productivity and the infrastructure pipeline: creating the opportunity for change
This week’s update of the National Infrastructure Plan is a platform for addressing productivity says Infrastructure UK’s Alan Couzens. -
Engineering faces up to £9.5bn retention gap over next decade
Cost of lost productivity when staff leave and have to be replaced can be £5128 per engineer analysis by ACE and EngTechNow has found.