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First call for change 1944 - since then Egan
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“Never Waste a good crisis” 2009-Highlighted
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The public sector has a potentially powerful lever with which
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What power does the public sector has?
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62.1% of public sector projects is over 5 million GBP(ONS
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6. The challenging reality is………
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BIM will require fundamental changes for organisations.
Change is more about people and process than just
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People within construction organisations have been very much
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