Constructing Excellence Annual Report 2007

Constructing Excellence is the custodian of the industry change agenda initiated by the Latham and Egan reports of the mid-late 1990s. A number of cross-industry bodies and initiatives were set up at that time, funded either by government or by industry, including the Construction Best Practice Programme, Movement for Innovation, The Housing Forum, and Be (previously the Reading Construction Forum and Design Build Foundation).

All these bodies and others now form Constructing Excellence, a powerful,and influential organisation for improving the built environment. Our current work programme is based on four core themes: Integration & Collaborative Working, Sustainability, Value, and Leadership & People. This work is delivered for three types of customer: our core membership forums,government customers and commercial clients.

Highlights from all three areas of our work are presented in this report, all showing the value added by our evidence-based approach using action research, demonstrations, measurement, guidance, networking and influence.