Guidance and activities

Below is listed a sample of the guidance and activities currently relating to the integration and collaborative working agenda.

Task Groups

• Members' Task Group on Infrastructure Integration
• Collaborative Working Champions

Demonstrations

• Constructing Excellence is currently delivering a programme of Demonstration Projects for BIS on integration in public sector building projects.
• Constructing Excellence has also worked with a number of other Demonstration Projects of integration
• Constructing Excellence members can access a list of case studies on integration and related issues.

Guidance and Training

Guidance

• Never Waste a Good Crisis (Constructing Excellence, October 2009)
• Collaborative Working Survival Guide (Constructing Excellence, October 2009)
• Pricing phase guide for collaborative construction projects (Constructing Excellence, April 2009)
• Taking Advantage: how SMEs can become successful framework contractors (Local Government Task Force, September 2007)
• Towards more effective integration in UK construction (Constructing Excellence, July 2007)
• Selecting the Team (CIC, June 2005)
• Putting It Into Practice research project (Constructing Excellence, 2005)
• Achieving Excellence in Construction (OGC, 2002)
• Accelerating Change (Strategic Forum, 2002)
• Rethinking Construction : The Report of the Construction Task Force [The Egan Report](1998)

Tools

• Strategic Forum for Construction Integration Toolkit
• Strategic Forum for Construction Integration Maturity Assessment
• Building Down Barriers
• Achieving Business Excellence Frameworking Toolkit
• Housing Forum Supply Chain Integration Diagnostic Toolkit

Training

• Constructing Excellence works closely with CWC who provide procurement advice, especially to the local authority and housing client sectors

Leadership and Influence

• Constructing Excellence is currently provides the secretariat to the Strategic Forum for Construction Integration Task Group