Gren Tipper, Operations Director for Construction Clients' Group (CCG) shows the benefits for Clients of the UK Construction Industry of engaging with Constructing Excellence.

1. •Who are we?
•What we do?
•How do we do it?
Construction Clients’ Group

2. Construction Clients’ Group
It’s a complicated
business, “We’ve
all been there”

3. Construction Clients’ Group
• The industry’s only dedicated client body
• Representing private and public sector clients
• We exist to realise best value for clients by demonstrating strong leadership
• Leadership that enables and encourages the supply side to perform at their
full potential
• Promotes best practice and industry improvement
• Provides a collective client voice with government, stakeholders and the
supply side.
• Sitting at the heart of Constructing Excellence – the Movement dedicated to
supporting and promoting best practice in construction
“So how can we help” ????

4. 80 national members
9 regional Centres
35 best practice Clubs

5. Construction Clients’ Group
Deputy Chairman - Simon Diggle, Highways Agency
- Clive Johnson, Land Securities
Chairman - Robert Knight, igloo regeneration
CEO - Gren Tipper, Construction Clients’ Group

6. Construction Clients’ Group
Board and sub-group representation include:
Land Security
Heathrow Airport
Highways Agency
Igloo Regeneration
Crossrail
Health Service – (Procure 21)
Environment Agency
Royal Mail
Yorkshire Water
British Property
Federation
Sandwell MBC Scape
Magnox
London Underground

7. Construction Clients’ Group
The wider membership includes:
• BAE Systems
• Bath and North East Somerset
council
• BBC
• Birmingham City Council
• East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• EDF Energy
• London Borough of Lambeth
• Manchester City Council
• Nationwide Building Society
• Northumbrian Water
• Rochdale Borough wide Housing
• Royal Mail Group
• Westfield Group Worthing Homes
• Yorkshire Water Services
• Transport for London

8. UK construction improvement can be
charted by a number of key reports
1994......1998.........2006….....2010…..2013

9. What the customer really needs
Source: Royal Academy of Engineering
200
Business Costs
51
Construction
Operation and
Maintenance
Process Push
User Pull
250 – 2,500 ?
Design 0.1
Organisational Value

10. Representation

11. Construction Clients’ Group
CCG key work streams 2013/14
Strengthening client leadership and influence through:
• Formulating a client umbrella group from existing client bodies “one
client voice leading and enabling better performance from the industry”
• Promotion of the Client Commitments
• Promoting Whole Life Value as a business imperative
• Representation at the Construction Leadership Council and Delivery
Group supporting Construction 2025
• Promoting health in construction

12. Construction Clients’ Group
CCG key work streams 2013/14
Strengthening client leadership and influence through:
Leading the client work stream of the CDM 2007 review
Equipping clients to be able to specify BIM to best advantage
Benchmarking where clients feel there is best business advantage
Membership of and influencing the Strategic Forum for Construction
Representation and influencing all ConIAC working groups

13. Construction Clients’ Group
Other areas where the CCG play an active role
to promote best practice:
Construction Skills Certification scheme
Constructing better Health
Considerate Constructors Scheme
Chartered Building Companies and Chartered Building
Consultancies (CBC)

14. Introducing the Clients’ Commitments

15. Client Leadership – the most
successful projects:
• Have fully engaged “informed” clients
• Have clear financial objectives, programme
and definition of success
• Lead by example
• Understands value and importance of
whole life value in the decision making
process
• Engage competent people
• Create an environment where all can work
efficiently
Client Commitments

16. Procurement and Integration –
focus on:
• Transparent decision making
• Selection on best value not lowest
cost – Whole life value is evaluated
• Integrated and collaborative working
principles
• Using fair payment policies
• Use risk management principles
and processes
• Non-confrontational mechanisms to
manage out disputes
• Fair employment practices
Client Commitments

17. Health and Safety – getting
involved in ensuring:
• All projects have a risk register inclusive of
health and safety key risks
• Your projects aspire to being incident and
injury free
• Occupational health support is available to
anyone who works on site
• All professional and site staff are
Construction Skills Certification Scheme
(CSCS) or equivalent registered
• Promote membership Constructing Better
Health (CBH) or equivalent
Client Commitments

18. Design Quality – demanding more:
• The client will produce a clear brief before
design commences and include as appropriate:
• Performance criteria
• Standardisation
• Prefabrication
• off-site manufacture
• Adopting modern logistics principles
• Designers will be selected according to ability
and quality
• The design must meet both the client’s and
users’ needs
• Ensure that whole-life value is delivered
Client Commitments

19. Sustainability - strong client leadership
and pro-active involvement:
• Addresses environmental, social, economic and wellbeing
aspects of projects
• Addresses resource use, waste minimization, low- carbon
performance
• Employment, training and local community engagement
• Enhances, creates and protects the local natural
environment
• Enhances the environment of the local community
• Financially stable and technically competent supply chains
• The creation of healthier buildings, neighborhoods and
stronger communities
• Helps clients formulate and demonstrate corporate social
responsibility
Client Commitments

20. Commitment to people – fits with client’s
corporate social responsibility agenda
Using supply chain partners that value their people leads to
a more productive and engaged workforce, facilitates
recruitment and retention whilst engaging the local
community positively in construction projects.
Commitment to People includes:
• Local community involvement
• Training and development
• Equal opportunities
• Project specific agreements
• Considerate sites
• Adopting collaborative behaviors
Client Commitments

21. • Our focus is to grow the reach and influence of CCG
• Enable clients to obtain best value from investment in the built
environment
• Support Construction 2025 by promoting best practice and
supporting occasional clients specifically:
Whole Life Value
Intelligent application of BIM
Client leadership
Focus on health
Looking ahead

22. If you like what you see,
join us and be part of shaping the future!
Contact:
Gren Tipper 07831 387293 gren.tipper@constructingexcellence.org.uk
Or
Deborah Hynes 0845 605 5556 deborah.hynes@constructingexcellence.org.uk
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